āsaṣ

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Meaning:	“to dry (out)”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	āsā-
Lexeme variants:	āsaṣ

Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	subjunctive
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	5
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	āsaṣ

Lexeme family

āsā-
- ās- “to (make?) dry” agv
  - ās- “to (make?) dry” agv.pret3
    
    sg.act
    
    3 asäs
- āsā- “to dry (out)” gv
  - āsā- “to dry (out)” gv.prs4
    
    sg.mid
    
    3 asatär
  - āsā- “to dry (out)” gv.subj5
    
    sg.act
    
    3 āsaṣ
    - āslune “to dry (out)” abstr.n.subj5
      
      sg
      
      nom āslune
      
      acc āslune
  - āsā- “to dry (out)” gv.pret1
    - āsu “to dry (out)” part.pret1
      
      sg.m sg.f pl.m pl.f
      
      nom āsu, āsunt āsunt āsunt āsunt
      
      acc āsunt āsunt āsūṣ, āsunt āsunt

Occurrences

āsaṣ

1

a2 °k puk sasyuṣ

gaṅk /// a3 śkaṃ