Re: [tied] Nominative: A hybrid view

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "P&G" <petegray@...> wrote:

> >a word like as'va:t
>
> The discussion seems to imply that Skt -a:t is thematic vowel +

at/a:t. It

> may well be, but it's worth remembering that in Skt the ablative

in -a:t

> occurs only in thematic stems. The others have Abl. in -as.
>
> Peter

Peter,

Abl. -as is actually the case of ablative=genitive. In most
declensions this case has lost its own form, except in the a-stems
and only in n/m (and pronouns).

Eva