āknats
| Cite this page as: | "āknats". In A Comprehensive Edition of Tocharian Manuscripts (CEToM). Created and maintained by Melanie Malzahn, Martin Braun, Hannes A. Fellner, and Bernhard Koller. https://cetom.univie.ac.at/?F_A_āknats (accessed 20 Jan. 2026). |
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| Meaning: | Carling et al. 2009: “ignorant, foolish” |
| Word class: | adjective |
| Language: | TA |
| Equivalent in TB: | aknātsa |
| Lexeme variants: | āknats |
| Number: | singular |
| Case: | nominative |
| Gender: | masculine; feminine |
| Inflection class: | |
| Nom. sg. (masc.): | -Ø |
Paradigm
| sg.m | sg.f | pl.m | pl.f | du.m | du.f | |
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| nom | āknats | āknats | ākntsāñ | |||
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| acc | āknatsäṃ | |||||
| gen | ākntsāśśi | |||||
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Lexeme family
- knā-
- knā- “to know”
gv
- āknats “ignorant, foolish”
sg.m sg.f pl.m pl.f nom āknats āknats ākntsāñ acc āknatsäṃ gen ākntsāśśi - ākntsune “ignorance, stupidity”
n
sg nom ākntsune acc ākntsune gen ākntsuneyis inst ākntsuneyo - ākntsuneṣi “ignorance, stupidity”
sg.m acc ākntsuneṣiṃ
- ākntsuneṣi “ignorance, stupidity”
- ākntsune “ignorance, stupidity”
n
- knā- “to know”
gv.prs6
sg.act pl.act 1 knānam 2 knānat 3 knānaṣ knāneñc - knānmāṃ “a wise person”
“knowing”
part.prs6
sg.m sg.f pl.m pl.f nom knānmāṃ knānmāṃ knānmāṃ knānmāṃ acc knānmānäṃt, knānmāṃ knānmāṃ knānmānäñcäṣ, knānmāṃ knānmāṃ gen knānmāntāp knānmāñcäśśi loc knānmāñcsaṃ - knānmune “knowledge”
n.prs6
sg pl nom knānmune knānmuneyntu acc knānmune knānmuneyntu gen knānmuneyis loc knānmuneyaṃ inst knānmuneyo abl knānmuneyäṣ perl knānmuneyā all knānmuneyac - knānmuneṣi “related to knowledge”
prs6
sg.m sg.f pl.m nom knāṃmuneṣi knāṃmuneṣi knānmuneṣiñi acc knānmuneṣiṃ
- knānmuneṣi “related to knowledge”
prs6
- knānmune “knowledge”
n.prs6
- knānal “to be known” part.prs6
- knānal “knowing”
abstr.n.prs6
sg nom knānal acc knānal
- knānmāṃ “a wise person”
“knowing”
part.prs6
- āknats “ignorant, foolish”
- knā- “to know”
gv
Occurrences
āknats
| 1 | A 64 a5 | ; (pä)knāmo ; kotnaṣ | āknats | : śāmāṃ penu ; |
| 2 | A 80 a4 | a4 /// mät ne | āknats | mät ne trikṣant mät |
| 3 | A 95 a5 | a{t→n}ac ॥ ānä(nda)rśnaṃ ॥ | āknats | riṣak tu ; täm |
| 4 | A 117 b5 | ṣāmaṃ : 1 mkälto | āknats | ; āco tāṣ ; |
| 5 | A 125 and THT 1425.e and A 117 b5 | ṣāmaṃ : 1 mkälto | āknats | āco tāṣ b6 |
| 6 | YQ I.6 b6 | (arū) (nirdhane) (träṅkäṣ) /// | (ā)k(na)ts | kuro mok kupre ne |
Bibliography
Carling, Gerd, Georges-Jean Pinault, and Werner Winter. 2009. A dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Volume 1: Letters a-j. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
