The Khotanese and Sogdian genitive plural endings cannot be satisfactorily explained from the traditionally posited ending *- nām . Instead, Khotanese - nu and Sogdian - nw point to *- nam . Instead of assuming a special rule that shortens the expected *- nām to *- nam , it is argued that the evidence from East Iranian is to be taken at face value. A short ending *- om can be reconstructed for Proto-Indo-European as well and the East Iranian reflexes of a short ending are probably an archaism.

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东伊朗属格复数结尾

于阗语和粟特属格复数词尾不能从传统的假定词尾 *- nām 得到令人满意的解释。相反，于阗语 - nu 和粟特 - nw 指向 *- nam 。与假设将预期的 *- nām 缩短为 *- nam 的特殊规则不同，有人认为来自东伊朗的证据应从表面上看。一个简短的结尾 *- om 也可以重建为原始印欧语系，而东伊朗语对一个简短结尾的反应可能是一种陈词滥调。