"méntis" meaning in Proto-Indo-European

See méntis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From *men- (“to think”) + *-tis (abstract or action suffix). Etymology templates: {{root|ine-pro|ine-pro|*men-|id=think}}, {{etymon|ine-pro|af|*men->thi|*-tis>suf|id=mind}}, {{suffix|ine-pro|*men-|*-tis|id1=think|pos2=abstract or action suffix|t1=to think}} *men- (“to think”) + *-tis (abstract or action suffix) Head templates: {{head|ine-pro|noun|||oblique stem|*mn̥téy-|f2nolink=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|head3=|head4=|head5=}} *méntis f (oblique stem *mn̥téy-) Inflection templates: {{ine-decl-noun-mf|ménti|mn̥téy|ac=proterokinetic}} Forms: mn̥téy- [oblique, stem], no-table-tags [table-tags], méntis [nominative, singular], méntih₁ [dual, nominative], méntih₁e [dual, nominative], ménteyes [nominative, plural], ménti [singular, vocative], méntih₁ [dual, vocative], méntih₁e [dual, vocative], ménteyes [plural, vocative], méntim [accusative, singular], méntih₁ [accusative, dual], méntih₁e [accusative, dual], méntims [accusative, plural], mn̥téys [genitive, singular], - [dual, genitive], mn̥téyoHom [genitive, plural], mn̥téys [ablative, singular], - [ablative, dual], mn̥tímos [ablative, plural], mn̥tíbʰos [ablative, plural], mn̥téyey [dative, singular], - [dative, dual], mn̥tímos [dative, plural], mn̥tíbʰos [dative, plural], mn̥téy [locative, singular], mn̥tḗy [locative, singular], - [dual, locative], mn̥tísu [locative, plural], mn̥tíh₁ [instrumental, singular], - [dual, instrumental], mn̥tímis [instrumental, plural], mn̥tíbʰis [instrumental, plural]
  1. thought Tags: feminine, reconstruction
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        }
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "instrumental",
        "plural"
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        "head4": "",
        "head5": ""
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  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/méntis",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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        {
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          "name": "desc"
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        {
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          "name": "see desc"
        }
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          "name": "see desc"
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    {
      "form": "méntih₁",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "dual"
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    {
      "form": "méntih₁e",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "dual"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "mn̥téys",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mn̥téyoHom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mn̥téys",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mn̥tímos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mn̥tíbʰos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mn̥téyey",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mn̥tímos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mn̥tíbʰos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mn̥téy",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mn̥tḗy",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mn̥tísu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mn̥tíh₁",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mn̥tímis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mn̥tíbʰis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "oblique stem",
        "6": "*mn̥téy-",
        "f2nolink": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "head4": "",
        "head5": ""
      },
      "expansion": "*méntis f (oblique stem *mn̥téy-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ménti",
        "2": "mn̥téy",
        "ac": "proterokinetic"
      },
      "name": "ine-decl-noun-mf"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/méntis",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Indo-European entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs",
        "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Indo-European feminine nouns",
        "Proto-Indo-European lemmas",
        "Proto-Indo-European nouns",
        "Proto-Indo-European proterokinetic root nouns",
        "Proto-Indo-European terms belonging to the root *men- (think)",
        "Proto-Indo-European terms suffixed with *-tis",
        "ine-pro:Thinking"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thought"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thought",
          "thought"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "méntis"
}

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