nirat
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lydian
- Grammar
- u
- ID
- 3324
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lydian
nirat
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested in a metrical inscription that has not yet been dated accurately.
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1.1.2Forms
| unclear | nirat | LW 12.7 (Sardis) |
The hypothesis as a verbal form nirat (thus Brandenstein 1931b:6) has become obsolete with the recognition of the word wroλt as the predicate in the sentence. More promising is the segmentation nir-at (i.e. nir=at or nir=a=t, as per Melchert 1997a:33f. n. 3) suggested in Brandenstein 1931b:6 and Carruba 1969a:58.
Meriggi 1935a:115 n. 110 takes nir together with Lyd. nin, which, however, leaves the final -r- unexplained.
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1.1.3Meaning
No meaning is suggested in Gusmani 1964a:175.
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