āsu

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Meaning:	“to dry (out)”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	āsu
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-nt
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ṣ

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	āsu, āsunt	āsunt	āsunt	āsunt
voc
acc	āsunt	āsunt	āsūṣ, āsunt	āsunt
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

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

āsu

1	A 94 a6	tuṅk ; naslune :	āsu	truṅkäts ; ṣtā b1
2	A 150 b6	wu lotas ruseñc-äṃ ṣom	āsu	wesis wcaṃ lyī wesi
3	A 238 a4	/// rsi puk lwā	āsu	– /// a5 nt{†ä}