"-tamas" meaning in Proto-Indo-Iranian

See -tamas in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *-tm̥mos. Etymology templates: {{der|iir-pro|ine-pro|*-tm̥mos}} Proto-Indo-European *-tm̥mos Head templates: {{head|iir-pro|suffix}} *-tamas Inflection templates: {{iir-decl-adj|-tama}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], -tamas [nominative, singular], -tamaH [dual, nominative], -tamās [nominative, plural], -tama [singular, vocative], -tamaH [dual, vocative], -tamās [plural, vocative], -tamam [accusative, singular], -tamaH [accusative, dual], -tamans [accusative, plural], -tamasya [genitive, singular], - [dual, genitive], -tamām [genitive, plural], -tamāt [ablative, singular], - [ablative, dual], -tamamas [ablative, plural], -tamāy [dative, singular], - [dative, dual], -tamamas [dative, plural], -tamay [locative, singular], - [dual, locative], -tamayšu [locative, plural], -tamaH [instrumental, singular], - [dual, instrumental], -tamāš [instrumental, plural], -tamaH [nominative, singular], -tamaHa [dual, nominative], -tamaHas [nominative, plural], -tamaH [singular, vocative], -tamaHa [dual, vocative], -tamaHas [plural, vocative], -tamaHa [accusative, singular], -tamaHa [accusative, dual], -tamaHas [accusative, plural], -tamaHs [genitive, singular], -tamaHaHam [genitive, plural], -tamaHs [ablative, singular], -tamaHmas [ablative, plural], -tamaHay [dative, singular], -tamaHmas [dative, plural], -tamaH [locative, singular], -tamaHi [locative, singular], -tamaHsu [locative, plural], -tamaHH [instrumental, singular], -tamaHbʰi [instrumental, plural], -tamam [nominative, singular], -tamay [dual, nominative], -tamayH [dual, nominative], -tamaH [nominative, plural], -tamam [singular, vocative], -tamay [dual, vocative], -tamayH [dual, vocative], -tamaH [plural, vocative], -tamay [accusative, dual], -tamayH [accusative, dual], -tamaH [accusative, plural]
  1. absolute superlative adjectival suffix. Tags: morpheme, reconstruction Related terms: -taras
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-pro",
            "2": "*-tamas"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *-tamas",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *-tamas"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "-तम"
          },
          "expansion": "Sanskrit: -तम (-tama)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sanskrit: -तम (-tama)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ira-pro",
            "2": "*-tamah"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Iranian: *-tamah",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Iranian: *-tamah"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ae",
            "2": "-𐬙𐬆𐬨𐬀"
          },
          "expansion": "Avestan: -𐬙𐬆𐬨𐬀 (-təma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Avestan: -𐬙𐬆𐬨𐬀 (-təma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "peo",
            "2": "",
            "tr": "-tama"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Persian: [script needed] (-tama)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Persian: [script needed] (-tama)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pal",
            "2": "-twm",
            "tr": "-tom"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Persian: -twm (-tom)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Persian: -twm (-tom)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "iir-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-tm̥mos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-tm̥mos",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *-tm̥mos.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iir-decl-adj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaH",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tama",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaH",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaH",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamans",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamasya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamamas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamāy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamamas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamay",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamayšu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaH",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamāš",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaH",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaH",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHaHam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHmas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHay",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHmas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaH",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHsu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHH",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHbʰi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamay",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamayH",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaH",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamay",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamayH",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaH",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamay",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamayH",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaH",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "iir-pro",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "*-tamas",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-tama"
      },
      "name": "iir-decl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-Iranian",
  "lang_code": "iir-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/-tamas",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with collapsible category trees for nonexistent categories",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-Iranian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "absolute superlative adjectival suffix."
      ],
      "id": "en--tamas-iir-pro-suffix-LN5r1CUo",
      "links": [
        [
          "absolute superlative",
          "absolute superlative#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "-taras"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-tamas"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-pro",
            "2": "*-tamas"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *-tamas",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *-tamas"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "-तम"
          },
          "expansion": "Sanskrit: -तम (-tama)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sanskrit: -तम (-tama)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ira-pro",
            "2": "*-tamah"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Iranian: *-tamah",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Iranian: *-tamah"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ae",
            "2": "-𐬙𐬆𐬨𐬀"
          },
          "expansion": "Avestan: -𐬙𐬆𐬨𐬀 (-təma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Avestan: -𐬙𐬆𐬨𐬀 (-təma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "peo",
            "2": "",
            "tr": "-tama"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Persian: [script needed] (-tama)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Persian: [script needed] (-tama)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pal",
            "2": "-twm",
            "tr": "-tom"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Persian: -twm (-tom)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Persian: -twm (-tom)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "iir-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-tm̥mos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-tm̥mos",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *-tm̥mos.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iir-decl-adj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaH",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tama",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaH",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaH",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamans",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamasya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamamas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamāy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamamas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamay",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamayšu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaH",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamāš",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaH",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaH",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHaHam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHmas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHay",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHmas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaH",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHsu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHH",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaHbʰi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamay",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamayH",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaH",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamay",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamayH",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaH",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamay",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamayH",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tamaH",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "iir-pro",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "*-tamas",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-tama"
      },
      "name": "iir-decl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-Iranian",
  "lang_code": "iir-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/-tamas",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "-taras"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries with collapsible category trees for nonexistent categories",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Indo-Iranian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Indo-Iranian lemmas",
        "Proto-Indo-Iranian suffixes",
        "Proto-Indo-Iranian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-Indo-Iranian thematic adjectives"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "absolute superlative adjectival suffix."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "absolute superlative",
          "absolute superlative#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-tamas"
}

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