𒆠𒌍𒊬

Hittite

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Etymology

From Proto-Anatolian *ǵésōr (“hand”).

Noun

𒆠𒌍𒊬 • (ke-eš-šar/késːar/)

1. hand

Inflection

Broad transcription
a-stem noun
Common gender	Singular	Plural
nominative	keššar	kiššareš, kiššariš
	kɛ́sːar	kisːrɛs, kisːris
vocative	kiššari, kiššara	–
	kisːri, kisːra
accusative	kišširan, kiššaran	kiššaruš
	kɛ́sːran	kisːrɔs
genitive	kišraš, kiššeraš	kiššaraš, kiššaran
	kisːras	kisːras, kisːran
dative-locative	kišri, kiššari	kiššaraš
	kisːri	kisːras
allative	kišrā, kiššara	–
	kisːra
ablative	keššaraz(a)	keššaraz(a)
	kisːrat͡s	kisːrat͡s
instrumental	kiššart	kiššart
	kisːr̩tː	kisːr̩tː
The desinences in this table have been normalized. For alternative endings see Appendix:Hittite declension

Cuneiform script
a-stem noun
Common gender	Singular	Plural
nominative	𒆠𒌍𒊬	𒆠𒅖𒊬𒌍, 𒆠𒅖𒊬𒅖
	Transliteration ke-eš-šar	ki-iš-šar-eš, ki-iš-šar-iš
vocative	𒆠𒅖𒊬𒀀, 𒆠𒅖𒊬𒄿	–
	ki-iš-šar-a, ki-iš-šar-i
accusative	𒆠𒅖𒊬𒀭	𒆠𒅖𒊬𒍑
	ki-iš-šar-an	ki-iš-šar-uš
genitive	𒆠𒅖𒊬𒀸	𒆠𒅖𒊬𒀸, 𒆠𒅖𒊬𒀭
	ki-iš-šar-aš	ki-iš-šar-aš, ki-iš-šar-an
dative-locative	𒆠𒅖𒊬𒄿	𒆠𒅖𒊬𒀸
	ki-iš-šar-i	ki-iš-šar-aš
allative	𒆠𒅖𒊬𒀀	–
	ki-iš-šar-a
ablative	𒆠𒅖𒊬𒊍	𒆠𒅖𒊬𒊍
	ki-iš-šar-az	ki-iš-šar-az
instrumental	𒆠𒅖𒊬𒀉	𒆠𒅖𒊬𒀉
	ki-iš-šar-at	ki-iš-šar-at
The oblique stems "ki-iš-r-", "ki-iš-ša-r-" and "ki-iš-ši-r-" are also attested

References

• Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 471