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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Wr̥tragʰnás

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This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

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Etymology

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From *wr̥trás (shield, cover, obstacle) +‎ *gʰan- (to slay) +‎ *-ás, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (to cover), *gʷʰen- (to strike, slay) and *-ós (agentive suffix), respectively. Literally, "the destroyer of obstacles".

Proper noun

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*Wr̥tragʰnás m

  1. the name of a god of victory

Declension

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masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *Wr̥tragʰnás *Wr̥tragʰnā́ *Wr̥tragʰnā́, -ā́s(as)
vocative *Wr̥tragʰna *Wr̥tragʰnā́ *Wr̥tragʰnā́, -ā́s(as)
accusative *Wr̥tragʰnám *Wr̥tragʰnā́ *Wr̥tragʰnā́ns
instrumental *Wr̥tragʰnā́ *Wr̥tragʰnáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām *Wr̥tragʰnā́yš
ablative *Wr̥tragʰnā́t *Wr̥tragʰnáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām *Wr̥tragʰnáybʰyas
dative *Wr̥tragʰnā́y *Wr̥tragʰnáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām *Wr̥tragʰnáybʰyas
genitive *Wr̥tragʰnásya *Wr̥tragʰnáyās *Wr̥tragʰnā́na(H)m
locative *Wr̥tragʰnáy *Wr̥tragʰnáyaw *Wr̥tragʰnáyšu

Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1962) “Վահագն”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), volume V, Yerevan: University Press, pages 8–9
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 75–78
  • Justi, Ferdinand (1895) Iranisches Namenbuch[1] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pages 361–365
  • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “vṛtrá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University