ār

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Meaning:	“to cease, come to an end”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	ārā-
Lexeme variants:	ār
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	ār	ārar, ārar-ñi

Lexeme family

• ārā-
  • ārā- “to cease, come to an end” gv
    • ārā- “to cease, come to an end” gv.prs4

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	aratär, aratr-äṃ, aratr-äm	aranträ-m

      • armāṃ “ceased, having come to an end” part.prs4

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	armāṃ	armāṃ	armāṃ	armāṃ
        acc	armāṃ	armāṃ	armāṃ	armāṃ

    • ārā- “to cease, come to an end” gv.subj5

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	āraṣ	āreñc, āreñc-äṃ

      • āräl “ending, ceasing” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        perl	ārlā

    • ārā- “to cease, come to an end” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	ār	ārar, ārar-ñi

  • ār- “to give up, abandon” kaus
    • ār- “to give up, abandon” kaus.prs8

      	sg.act
      3	āräṣ

    • ār- “to give up, abandon” kaus.pret4
      • ārṣu “to give up, abandon” part.pret4

        	sg.m
        nom	ārṣu

Occurrences

ār

1	A 11 a3	śla āmāśās pukyo lo	ār	॥ niṣkramāntaṃ ॥ wartsi
2	A 142 a4	lo /// a4 ///	ār	॥ ॥ täm· ///
3	A 156 a4	ndavihārapālaṃ ñom ṣkäṣt sarg	ār	॥ /// a5 ///
4	A 253 a6	(guru)darśaṃ ñomā śäkṣapint nipātt	ār	॥ ॥ tmäṣ ālyäkyāṃ
5	A 258 b4	(ñomā) (wi)b4(kiṣäkpint) /// (nipāt)	(ār)	(॥) (tmäṣ) (āṣānik) (metra)k{†ä}
6	A 263 a6	aniruddhavadāṃ ñomā trit nipā(t)	(ār)	/// a7 kropal māññe
7	A 287 and 259 a3	(niraya)a3(nidarśaṃ) (ñomā) (wikipäñpint) (ni)pāt	ār	॥ (sās) (nu) (tāpärk)
8	A 288 b5	(lcä)r poñś ॥ praveśakk	ār	॥ ॥ sās nu
9	A 347 b3	: 8 ॥ ārṣkrānt	ār	॥
10	A 391 b6	b6 /// ॥ mārgavārg	ār	: 10-2 ॥ ॥
11	YQ I.1 a7	lcär poñś ॥ praveśakk	ār	॥ ॥ sās nu
12	YQ I.5 b8	10σ (ā)r(ś)o ; lo	ār	talke säm : 1
13	YQ I.10 b6	bāb6(dhari) /// (maltowi)nu nipāt	ār	॥ caṣ postäk yälmi
14	YQ II.15 b7	(mai)t(r)eyapravrajaṃ ñomā wät nipāt	ār	॥ caṣ postäk b8
15	YQ III.5 a5	lcar pont ॥ praveśaa5(kk)	(ār)	/// w(o)rpus wsā yokäṃ