cfisa-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lydian
- Grammar
- u
- ID
- 1434
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lydian
cfisa-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in a metrical inscription from Sardis that cannot be dated accurately.
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1.1.2Forms
| 3sg. pres. act. or nom./acc. sg. n. | cfisad | LW 11.6 (Sardis) |
The grammatical interpretation depends on whether one takes umνod or cfisad as the finite verb.
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1.1.3Meaning
The context, in which the word cfisad is found, is obscure. No meaning is offered by Gusmani 1964a:90.
Shevoroshkin 1988b:288 suggests an etymological connection with the word *du̯i- ‘two’, comparing Lyc. B tbisu, which is possible but unprovable for now. A different approach would be the root for ‘god’, i.e. *ciw-is-ad, with syncope of the first vowel and the sound change w > f after a consonant, i.e. cf-is-ad. This is also hypothetical.
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1.1.4Stem
Brandenstein 1931b:49 suggests that cfisad is a verb in -a-(d), which remains a possibility. Otherwise, it could be a neuter noun in the nominative/accusative neuter gender. A suffix -is- in Lydian is so far unidentified.
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