marta-

to chance

marta- (1) vb. "to chance" or *"happen" (QL:63), cf. mart- "it happens" (impersonal) (LT2:348 read marta-?). Another version assigns transitive meanings to the same verb: "to define, decree, destine" (with the last sense = martya-, q.v.), with a variant umbarta- "in more lofty senses" (PE17:104)

marta-

verb. to define, decree, destine, to define, decree, destine; [ᴱQ.] to happen (impers.), chance

@@@ NQ. gloss “decide” suggested by Robert Reynolds

Cognates

• S. amartha- “to define, decree, destine” ✧ PE17/104

Derivations

• ✶mbartā- “to define, decree, destine” ✧ PE17/104
  • √M(B)ARAT “doom, fate”
  • √MBAR “settle, dwell; establish, fix, decide, determine, make a decision, settle; establish, fix, decide, determine, make a decision; dwell, [ᴹ√] inhabit, [ᴱ√] live”
  • √MBAR “settle, dwell; establish, fix, decide, determine, make a decision, settle; establish, fix, decide, determine, make a decision; dwell, [ᴹ√] inhabit, [ᴱ√] live” ✧ PE17/104

Element in

• ᴺQ. martandë “decision”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶mbartā > marta-	[mbartā] > [martā] > [marta]	✧ PE17/104
✶mbartā > ṃbartā > umbarta-	[ṃbartā] > [umbartā] > [umbarta]	✧ PE17/104

Variations

• umbarta- ✧ PE17/104

umbarta-

to define, decree, destine

umbarta- vb. "to define, decree, destine"; this form of the verb was used "in more lofty senses", otherwise marta- (PE17:104)

umbarta-

verb. to define, decree, destine

amartha-

verb. to define, decree, destine

Cognates

• Q. marta- “to define, decree, destine, to define, decree, destine; [ᴱQ.] to happen (impers.), chance” ✧ PE17/104

Derivations

• ✶mbartā- “to define, decree, destine” ✧ PE17/104
  • √M(B)ARAT “doom, fate”
  • √MBAR “settle, dwell; establish, fix, decide, determine, make a decision, settle; establish, fix, decide, determine, make a decision; dwell, [ᴹ√] inhabit, [ᴱ√] live”
  • √MBAR “settle, dwell; establish, fix, decide, determine, make a decision, settle; establish, fix, decide, determine, make a decision; dwell, [ᴹ√] inhabit, [ᴱ√] live” ✧ PE17/104

Element in

• ᴺS. amarthannen “decreed, destined, ordained”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶mbartā > ṃbartā > amartha-	[ṃbartā] > [ambartā] > [ambarta] > [ambartʰā] > [ambarθa] > [ammarθa] > [amarθa]	✧ PE17/104

mbartā-

verb. to define, decree, destine

Derivations

• √M(B)ARAT “doom, fate”
  • √MBAR “settle, dwell; establish, fix, decide, determine, make a decision, settle; establish, fix, decide, determine, make a decision; dwell, [ᴹ√] inhabit, [ᴱ√] live”
• √MBAR “settle, dwell; establish, fix, decide, determine, make a decision, settle; establish, fix, decide, determine, make a decision; dwell, [ᴹ√] inhabit, [ᴱ√] live” ✧ PE17/104

Derivatives

• Q. marta- “to define, decree, destine, to define, decree, destine; [ᴱQ.] to happen (impers.), chance” ✧ PE17/104
• S. amarth “fate, doom” ✧ PE17/104
• S. amartha- “to define, decree, destine” ✧ PE17/104

Variations

• mbartā ✧ PE17/104