arsτãnši-

‘(unknown)’

Language
Lydian
Grammar
verb
ID
130

1. Individual Anatolian Languages

1.1 Lydian

arsτãnši-

‘(unknown)’

1.1.1Transmission

This lexeme is found in an inscription that has not been dated properly.

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1.1.2Forms

3pl. pret. act. arsτãnšrs LW 11.3 (Sardis)  

In the older literature, forms in -rs were analyzed as participles (Meriggi 1935a:88, Gusmani 1964a:109f.), which is now outdated, see Gusmani 2010b, Sasseville 2021a:162f., 284f. See also the discussion in Gérard 2005a:103f.

[D.S.]

1.1.3Meaning

No translation has been suggested for arsτãnšrs (cf. Gusmani 1964a:62, Schürr 1997a:206, Sasseville 2021a:508).

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1.1.4Stem

Sasseville 2021a:508 analyzes arsτãnšrs as a formation in -ši- derived from a non-attested verb *τãn- (or *cãn-), recognizing a univerbation with ars- just as in arsmawa-(d).

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1.1.5Origin

No reconstruction possible.

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