ciraλa-

This lexeme is found in a metrical inscription from Sardis that cannot be dated properly.

[D.S.]

nom./acc. sg.

ciraλad

LW 14.6 (Sardis)

The context, in which the word ciraλad is found, is obscure. It is modified by the adjective iško- ‘all’ and is the direct object of the verb qλ(-)astãni-^(t). No meaning has been offered; cf. Vetter 1959a:43, Gusmani 1964a:90. From a comparative perspective with Hieroglyphic Luwian, the word zí-ra/i-la-mi-i ‘fruitful’ appears to be an attractive cognate, with which it would share the base *ciral- (HLuw. */ziral-/). If the etymological comparison is correct, the Lydian root cir- would refer to something pertaining to growth. However, this would require that *k̑ developed to Lydian c instead of expected k; cf. Melchert 1994a:331 and the preverb kat- = Hitt. katta, Luw. zanta ‘down’. Further evidence is needed.

[D.S.]

No reconstruction possible.

[D.S.]