śaśmānt

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Meaning:	“to increase, cause to grow”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	śaśmānt
Person:	third
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	alt-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	2
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• tsämā-
  • tsäm- “to increase, cause to grow” kaus
    • tsäm- “to increase, cause to grow” kaus.prs8

      	sg.act
      3	tsmäṣ

    • tsäm- “to increase, cause to grow” kaus.pret2

      	pl.mid
      3	śaśmānt

    • tsäm- “to increase, cause to grow” kaus.subj9
      • tsmāṣlune “to increase, cause to grow” abstr.n.subj9

        	sg
        nom	tsmāṣlune
        acc	tsmāṣlune

  • tsämā- “to grow, increase, come into being” gv
    • tsämā- “to grow, increase, come into being” gv.prs3

      	pl.mid
      3	śamantär

    • tsämā- “to grow, increase, come into being” gv.subj5
      • tsmālune “to grow, increase, come into being” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	tsmālune
        acc	tsmālune
        loc	tsmāluneyaṃ

    • tsämā- “to grow, increase, come into being” gv.pret1
      • tsmo “to grow, increase, come into being” part.pret1

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	tsmo, tsmont	tsmont	tsmont	tsmont
        acc	tsmont	tsmont	tsmont	tsmont

Occurrences

śaśmānt

1

A 13 a2

āyäntwäṣ ; śi –

(śa)a3śmānt{†a}

: śiśkis tāpal ;