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This Proto-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.
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Proto-Iranian
Etymology
From *fáynah + *-akaH.
Noun
*fáynakaH f[1][2][3]
- foam, froth
Inflection
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*fáynakaH
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*fáynakay
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*fáynakāh
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| vocative
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*fáynakay
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*fáynakay
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*fáynakāh
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| accusative
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*fáynakām
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*fáynakay
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*fáynakāh
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| instrumental
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*fáynakaH, -ayaH
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*fáynakaHbʰyā(m)
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*fáynakaHbʰiš
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| ablative
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*fáynakayaHh
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*fáynakaHbʰyā(m)
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*fáynakaHbʰyah
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| dative
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*fáynakayaHi
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*fáynakaHbʰyā(m)
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*fáynakaHbʰyah
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| genitive
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*fáynakayaHh
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*fáynakayHāh
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*fáynakaHnaHam
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| locative
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*fáynakayaH
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*fáynakayHaw
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*fáynakaHhu
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Alternative reconstructions
Descendants
- Northeastern Iranian:
- Proto-Scythian: *fīnakā
- Proto-Sarmatian: *fīnka
- Alanic: *finkæ
- Ossetian: (“foam, spume”)
- Digor Ossetian: финкӕ (finkæ)
- Iron Ossetian: фынк (fynk)
- Proto-Sogdic: *fēnaʾā, *fēmaʾā
- Sogdian: 𐼾𐼷𐼺𐼰𐼸𐼳 (pymʾkh /fēmā/, “foam, froth”)
- Southeastern Iranian:
- Old Persian: *fainakā
- ⇒ Old Persian: *fainakakah
- Middle Persian: *fēnak
- Classical Persian: فِینَک (fīnak, “pumice”)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cheung, Johnny (2002) Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 17: “*fain(a)kā-”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Schmitt, Rüdiger, editor (1989), Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum[1], Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 464: “*fain(a)kā-”
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “phéna-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][2] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 204: “*fain(a)kā-”
- ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*faina- : fina- / *(s)paimna- : (s)pimna-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 44: “*faina-ka-”
- ^ Kim, Ronald (2003) “On the historical phonology of Ossetic: the origin of the oblique case suffix”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society[3], volume 123, number 1, →DOI, page 60: “*fainaka-”
- ^ Sadovski, Velizar (2017–2018) “Chapter VI: Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Iranian, page 571: “*fai̯mnakā-”