murše- (or muršec(i)-)
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lydian
- Class
- Base
- Grammar
- u
- Certainty
- high
- ID
- 332
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lydian
murše- (or muršec(i)-)
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in the fragmentary inscription LW 62 that has recently been dated to the second half of the 6th century (Euler & Sasseville 2019a).
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1.1.2Forms
| adv. or acc. sg. | murṣ̌ecν | LW 62.5 (Middle Kaystros: Tire) |
For the grammatical analysis see under Stem.
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1.1.3Graphic Features
The word murṣ̌ecν in LW 62.5 is first read by Gusmani 1980a:77 as murṣ̌ecν, but then (ibid. 136), he changes his reading of e for ụ. Poetto 2006a:1377 brings confirmation that the previous reading with e is correct.
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1.1.4Meaning
No meaning is offered by Gusmani 1980a:136 or by Poetto (ibid.). Since the context is fragmentary, no hypothesis is posited here.
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1.1.5Stem
The word murṣ̌ecν could be the accusative singular of a stem muršec(i)- or an adverbial form of a stem murše-. Further evidence is needed.
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1.1.6Origin
No etymology possible.
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