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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/skambʰás

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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 Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to hold up”). Cognate with Latin scamnum (“stool, bench”).[1]

Noun

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*skambʰás m

  1. pillar, support

Declension

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masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *skambʰás *skambʰā́ *skambʰā́, -ā́s(as)
vocative *skambʰa *skambʰā́ *skambʰā́, -ā́s(as)
accusative *skambʰám *skambʰā́ *skambʰā́ns
instrumental *skambʰā́ *skambʰáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām *skambʰā́yš
ablative *skambʰā́t *skambʰáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām *skambʰáybʰyas
dative *skambʰā́y *skambʰáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām *skambʰáybʰyas
genitive *skambʰásya *skambʰáyās *skambʰā́na(H)m
locative *skambʰáy *skambʰáyaw *skambʰáyšu

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “SKAMBHᴵ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 750-1
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “skambhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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