ālu

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Meaning:	“having been restrained”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	ālu
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	3
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-u
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-unt
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-uṣ

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	ālu		āluṣ
voc
acc
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• ālā-
  • āl- “to keep away, hold in check, restrain” agv
    • āl- “to keep away, hold in check, restrain” agv.prs8

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      2	āläṣtār
      3	ālṣāt-äm, āläṣtär	ālsantär

      • āläsmāṃ “keeping away, holding in check, restraining” part.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	āläsmāṃ	āläsmāṃ	āläsmāṃ	āläsmāṃ
        acc	āläsmāṃ	āläsmāṃ	āläsmāṃ	āläsmāṃ

      • ālässi “to keep away, hold in check, restrain” inf.n.prs8
    • āl- “to keep away, hold in check, restrain” agv.pret3

      	sg.mid
      3	āltsāt-äṃ

      • ālu “having been restrained” part.pret3

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	ālu	āluṣ

        • ālur “having been restrained” abstr.pret3

          	sg
          abl	āluräṣ

    • āl- “to keep away, hold in check, restrain” agv.subj7
      • ālñäl “to keep away, hold in check, restrain” part.subj7

        	sg.m
        nom	ālñäl