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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hyaȷ́atás

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 *h₁yaǵetós, from *h₁yaǵ- (“to sacrifice, worship”). Cognate with Latin iēiūnus (“fasting, abstinent”)).

Noun

*Hyaȷ́atás m[1] (religion)

  1. worshiped
  2. god

Declension
masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *Hyaȷ́atas *Hyaȷ́atā *Hyaȷ́atā, -ās(as)
vocative *Hyaȷ́ata *Hyaȷ́atā *Hyaȷ́atā, -ās(as)
accusative *Hyaȷ́atam *Hyaȷ́atā *Hyaȷ́atāns
instrumental *Hyaȷ́atā *Hyaȷ́ataybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *Hyaȷ́atāyš
ablative *Hyaȷ́atāt *Hyaȷ́ataybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *Hyaȷ́ataybʰyas
dative *Hyaȷ́atāy *Hyaȷ́ataybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *Hyaȷ́ataybʰyas
genitive *Hyaȷ́atasya *Hyaȷ́atayās *Hyaȷ́atāna(H)m
locative *Hyaȷ́atay *Hyaȷ́atayaw *Hyaȷ́atayšu

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hyaȷ́atás
  • Proto-Iranian: *Hyajatáh (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

Further reading
  • R. Schmitt (2011) “Aryans”, in Encyclopedia Iranica Online
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