Re: bhosos

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

>
> On 2009-03-25 13:08, alexandru_mg3 wrote:
>
> > Could somebody help me with the flexion on this word?
> >
> > nom. sg.
> > gen. sg.
> > acc. sg.
> > nom. pl.
> > gen. pl.
> > acc. pl.
>
> Marius, *bHosó- (the oxytone accent indicated by Germanic *Baza-) is an
> adjective, so the inflectons depend on the gender. It's declined just
> like any other thematic adjective:
>
> m. *-os, *-osjo, *-om; *-õ:s (= *-o-es), *-õ:m (= *-o-o:m), *-o(:)ns
> n. *-om, *-osjo, *-om; *-ah2, *-õ:m, *-ah2
> f. *-ah2, *-ah2s, *-a:m (= *-ah2-m); *-ah2as (= *ah2-es), *-ah2o:m,
> *-a:ns (= *-ah2-ns)
>
> _if_ the feminine forms count as PIE; note the loss of *h2 before final
> nasals already in the protolanguage.
>
> Piotr
>

Thanks, Piotr.