"preyH-" meaning in Proto-Indo-European

See preyH- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Root

  1. to please Tags: morpheme, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-preyH--ine-pro-root-VCJemZbR
  2. to love Tags: morpheme, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-preyH--ine-pro-root-N-OMg8z-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Indo-European CReRH-shaped roots, Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header, Proto-Indo-European roots Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 Disambiguation of Proto-Indo-European CReRH-shaped roots: 0 0 Disambiguation of Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 Disambiguation of Proto-Indo-European roots: 0 0
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            "1": "hi",
            "2": "प्रिया",
            "lbor": "1"
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            "1": "iir-pro",
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          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *práyHšat (3sg.aor.subj.act.)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *práyHšat (3sg.aor.subj.act.)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
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            "1": "inc-pro",
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      "text": "*priH-mḗn"
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            "1": "iir-pro",
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          "name": "desc"
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          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Ossetian: (“friend, lover”)"
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      "depth": 4,
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          "args": {
            "1": "os-dig",
            "2": "лимӕн",
            "3": "нимӕл"
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          "expansion": "Digor Ossetian: лимӕн (limæn), нимӕл (nimæl)",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Digor Ossetian: лимӕн (limæn), нимӕл (nimæl)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "os-iro",
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          "expansion": "Iron Ossetian: лымӕ́н (lymǽn)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Iron Ossetian: лымӕ́н (lymǽn)"
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      "text": "*priH-nó-s"
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      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
            "1": "iir-pro",
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          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *priHnás",
          "name": "desc"
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          "args": {
            "1": "ps",
            "2": "ورين",
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            "tr": "wrin"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Pashto: ورين (wrin, “open, happy, sincere”)"
    }
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  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/preyH-",
  "pos": "root",
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      "text": "*priH-ye-tor"
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      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *priHyatay"
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          "args": {
            "1": "inc-pro",
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          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *priHyatay",
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      "text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *priHyatay"
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      "depth": 4,
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          "expansion": "Sanskrit: प्रीयते (prī́yate, “to be pleased”)",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "*priHós (“beloved (woman), wife”)"
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          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *frijō",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
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          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "प्रिया",
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          "expansion": "→ Hindi: प्रिया (priyā) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
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        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
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            "1": "te",
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          "expansion": "→ Telugu: ప్రియ (priya) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
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          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *práyHšat (3sg.aor.subj.act.)",
          "name": "desc"
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      "depth": 3,
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          "args": {
            "1": "inc-pro",
            "2": "*práyHṣat"
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          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *práyHṣat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *práyHṣat"
    },
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      "depth": 4,
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            "1": "sa",
            "2": "प्रेषत्",
            "t": "shall please",
            "tr": "préṣat"
          },
          "expansion": "Sanskrit: प्रेषत् (préṣat, “shall please”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "depth": 1,
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      "text": "*priH-mḗn"
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      "depth": 2,
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          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *priHmā́",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *priHmā́"
    },
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            "1": "ira-pro",
            "2": "*friHmā́"
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          "expansion": "Proto-Iranian: *friHmā́",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "depth": 4,
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            "2": "-",
            "t": "friend, lover"
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          "expansion": "Ossetian: (“friend, lover”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ossetian: (“friend, lover”)"
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      "depth": 4,
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          "args": {
            "1": "os-dig",
            "2": "лимӕн",
            "3": "нимӕл"
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          "expansion": "Digor Ossetian: лимӕн (limæn), нимӕл (nimæl)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Digor Ossetian: лимӕн (limæn), нимӕл (nimæl)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "os-iro",
            "2": "лымӕ́н"
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          "expansion": "Iron Ossetian: лымӕ́н (lymǽn)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Iron Ossetian: лымӕ́н (lymǽn)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*priH-nó-s"
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    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "iir-pro",
            "2": "*priHnás"
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          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *priHnás",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *priHnás"
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            "1": "ira-pro",
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          "expansion": "Proto-Iranian: *friHnáh",
          "name": "desc"
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            "1": "ps",
            "2": "ورين",
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            "tr": "wrin"
          },
          "expansion": "Pashto: ورين (wrin, “open, happy, sincere”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pashto: ورين (wrin, “open, happy, sincere”)"
    }
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          "love",
          "love"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Brill Publishers",
    "Helmut Rix",
    "Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben"
  ],
  "word": "preyH-"
}

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