Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hirvas
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This Proto-Finnic 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-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier *širwas, borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śirwas (compare Old Prussian sirwis (“roe deer”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥wós, from *ḱerh₂-; see there for more.
Noun
[edit]*hirvas
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *hirvas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *hirvas | *hirvahët | |
| accusative | *hirvahën | *hirvahët | |
| genitive | *hirvahën | *hirvastën *hirvahidën | |
| partitive | *hirvasta | *hirvahita | |
| inessive | *hirvahëssa *hirvahëhna |
*hirvahissa *hirvahihna | |
| elative | *hirvahësta | *hirvahista | |
| illative | *hirvahësën | *hirvahisën | |
| adessive | *hirvahëlla | *hirvahilla | |
| ablative | *hirvahëlta | *hirvahilta | |
| allative | *hirvahëlën *hirvahëlëk |
*hirvahilën *hirvahilëk | |
| essive | *hirvassa | *hirvahina | |
| translative | *hirvahëksi | *hirvahiksi | |
| instructive | *hirvahën | *hirvahin | |
| comitative | *hirvassëk | *hirvahinëk | |
| abessive | *hirvahëtta | *hirvahitta | |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Finnish: hirvas
- → Serbo-Croatian: ȉrvās (“reindeer”)
- Karelian: (Northern) hirvas
- → Russian: гирвас (girvas)