*ariš

Reconstructed from personal names attested in Stratonikeia and Hyllarima, c. 320 or 320/319 (C.Hy 1, Adiego 2019b:20–22) and perhaps in the 3^rd c. (C.St 1, Robert 1950a:16 without arguments), also known from Greek transmission (mostly as Αρρισσις, Adiego, Debord & Varınlıoğlu 2005a:603, Adiego 2007a:354; Schürr 2010c:200), from the 4^th ‒ 2^nd c. (LGPN V.B:50, 60).

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nom. sg.	Ariš	C.St 1, 4
gen. sg.	Arišś	C.Hy 1, 3

The attestations follow Adiego 2007a:354, checked against the photographs in Adiego, Debord & Varınlıoğlu 2005a:603 Fig. 1 [C.Hy 1], and Robert 1950a:Pl.VI, 1 [C.St 1, squeeze], for the attestations of the Greek form see LGPN V.B:50, 60 (the isolated by-forms Αρρισις and Αρισσις must be secondary, if the latter belongs here at all). Adiego, Debord & Varınlıoğlu 2005a:603 and Adiego 2007a:354 entertained the idea that Ariš is a variant of Arŕiš, but in the meanwhile it has been demonstrated that its correct form is Arĺiš (see s.v.). Adiego 2007a:354 also suggested that Ariš / Αρρισσις could be a variant of this Arliš / Αρλισσις such as “arjom against arliom”, but the parallel does not exist (see s.vv.) and, phonologically speaking, it is not a parallel. Only Schürr 2010c:200 formulated a precise hypothesis on the possible connection of Ariš / Αρρισσις and Arliš / Αρλισσις claiming that Ariš is a later form with an rl > r change. Since the regular Greek form of Ariš is Αρρισσις, the sound change (if it existed) was rather rl > rr (geminates do not seem to be expressed in Carian writing). There is indeed a clear chronological distribution among the Greek forms supported by the Carian forms, too (Ariš / Αρρισσις is not attested before c. 320 and there is no certain attestation of Arliš / Αρλισσις after c. 354). The only problem is that there is no independent evidence for a rl > r(r) change in Carian. In other words, it is entirely possible that Ariš is a later form of Arliš, but the lack of further evidence for this sound change does not yet allow proving this hypothesis.

[Zs.S.]

The meaning of *ariš depends on its relation to *arliš. If they are identical, then see the discussion s.v. If they are not identical, then, based on its Greek form and the structurally analogous personal name Arliš, *ariš is a derivative of a Carian stem *ar- with the Carian equivalent of the Luwian suffixes -iya- and -ašša/i-, presenting a lexicalized i-mutated stem (on this derivation see s.v. *arliš / *arĺiš). The meaning of the stem and thus, of its derivative is unknown. The stem *ar- might be identical to the Carian word *ar (of unknown meaning, see s.v.), but currently there is no evidence that *ar and its derivative, *arjom would go back to a geminate -rr-, which, however, can be seen in the Greek transmission of *ariš and thus, it is preferable to assume two stems for the time being.

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