kaτfλad(i)-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lydian
- Grammar
- u
- ID
- 852
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lydian
kaτfλad(i)-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in a metrical inscription from Sardis, which cannot be accurately dated.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. | kaτfλadš | LW 14.10 (Sardis) |
The form kaτfλadš could be either nominative singular or plural. The grammatical assignment as nominative singular is chosen based on the preceding demonstrative pronoun es=t, which stands for ess (nom. sg. c.) + =t (Gusmani 1964a:149).
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1.1.3Meaning
The context, in which the word kaτfλadš is found, is obscure. No meaning can be offered; cf. Gusmani 1964a:149.
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1.1.4Stem
The word kaτfλadš is analyzed here as kat- + s/šfλ- + -ad(i)-. For the probable syncope of the nominative singular ending -iš > -š see Sasseville 2017a:132-135.
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1.1.5Origin
No etymology possible.
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