Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/paršás

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 *pers-ó-s, from the root *pers- (“bundle of leaves; bunched up leaves”). Cognate with Latin porrum (“leek”) and possibly Ancient Greek πράσον (práson, “leek”).

Noun

*paršás m

1. sheaf, bundle of grain stalks
2. ear of grain; the fruiting body of a grain plant

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*paršás	*paršā́	*paršā́, -ā́s(as)
vocative	*parša	*paršā́	*paršā́, -ā́s(as)
accusative	*paršám	*paršā́	*paršā́ns
instrumental	*paršā́	*paršáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*paršā́yš
ablative	*paršā́t	*paršáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*paršáybʰyas
dative	*paršā́y	*paršáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*paršáybʰyas
genitive	*paršásya	*paršáyās	*paršā́na(H)m
locative	*paršáy	*paršáyaw	*paršáyšu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *parṣás
  • Sanskrit: पर्ष (parṣá)
• Proto-Iranian: *paršáh
  • Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬀 (parša, “ear of grain”)
• Proto-Nuristani: (“ear of grain”) (possibly)
  • Prasuni:

    Pronz: pusuk