caqrla-
‘of cẽqra-’
- Language
- Lydian
- Class
- Derivative
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 624
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lydian
caqrla-
‘of cẽqra-’1.1.1Transmission
The attestations of this lexeme are limited to the poetic inscriptions found at the Sardis cemetery and datable to the 5th or 4th century BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| dat. sg. | caqrlaλ | LW 11.9 (Sardis) | |
| acc. sg. c. or dat./gen. pl. | caqrlãν | LW 14.5 (Sardis) | |
| unclear | caqṛ[l- | LW 15.10 (Sardis) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The form caqrlãν demonstrates that the lexeme under discussion has the stress on the final syllable (Eichner 1987a:85f.). An independent cue of the same stress pattern is the vocalism of the first syllable, which displays unstressed vowel reduction vis-à-vis the base noun cẽqra-. The stress shift in derivation is noteworthy.
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1.1.4Meaning
The meaning of caqrla- must be addressed together with that of its base noun cẽqra- (Gusmani 1964a:88), which apparently refers to some kind of property designated for the gods (see further under cẽqra-). This is in line with Artemis being referred to as ‘the Lady of cẽqra-’ in TL 11.9, cf. Meriggi 1935a:78 and Schürr 2011a:76. Unfortunately, the other two contexts are to obscure and fragmentary to be of any use for the semantic discussion. The context TL 14.4-5 appears, however, to yield a further degree of support to the adjectival interpretation of caqrla-, since it is likely to agree there with the head noun sνãλa-.
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1.1.5Stem
Synchronically, this is an oxytone a-stem. For the suffix -la- in Lydian, see Sasseville 2014-2015a:117f. This particular example appears to plead for the similarity of its function with that of the possessive suffix -l(i)-. Note also that both suffixes can be deployed for forming month names in Lydian.
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For the base of the derivative see Lyd. cẽqra-.