Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/gárbʰas

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷólbʰ-o-s.

Noun

*gárbʰas m

1. the womb
2. fetus, embryo

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gárbʰas	*gárbʰā	*gárbʰā, -ās(as)
vocative	*gárbʰa	*gárbʰā	*gárbʰā, -ās(as)
accusative	*gárbʰam	*gárbʰā	*gárbʰāns
instrumental	*gárbʰā	*gárbʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*gárbʰāyš
ablative	*gárbʰāt	*gárbʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*gárbʰaybʰyas
dative	*gárbʰāy	*gárbʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*gárbʰaybʰyas
genitive	*gárbʰasya	*gárbʰayās	*gárbʰāna(H)m
locative	*gárbʰay	*gárbʰayaw	*gárbʰayšu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *gárbʰas
  • Sanskrit: गर्भ (gárbha) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *gárbah
  • Avestan: 𐬔𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬡𐬀 (gar^əβa)
  • Parthian:

    Manichaean script: 𐫃𐫡𐫀𐫁 (grʾb /⁠grāβ⁠/)

  • Middle Persian:

    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (gpl /⁠gabr⁠/)