ṣmeñc

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Meaning:	“to sit, remain”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	ṣäm-
Lexeme variants:	ṣmeñc
Person:	third
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	present
Stem class:	2
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1	ṣmāwā
2		ṣmac
3	ṣmā, ṣmäṣ, ṣmäṣ-ñi	ṣmeñc

Lexeme family

• ṣäm-
  • ṣäm- “to sit, remain” gv
    • ṣäm- “to sit, remain” gv.prs2

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	ṣmāwā
      2		ṣmac
      3	ṣmā, ṣmäṣ, ṣmäṣ-ñi	ṣmeñc

      • ṣmäl “to sit, remain” part.prs2

        	sg.m
        nom	ṣmäl

      • ṣmānt “to sit, remain” ptcp.prs2

        	sg.m
        acc	ṣmāntāṃ

      • ṣämtsi “to sit, remain” inf.n.prs2

        	sg
        nom	ṣämtsi
        acc	ṣämtsi

Occurrences

ṣmeñc

1	A 128 and 130 b6	kus pat nu waṣt	ṣmeñc	kus cesmi (ālam) (wcanäṣ)
2	A 274 a5	pälmäs klyoa5(mäṣ) /// (sä)rki	ṣmeñc	॥ smimāṃ akmalyo brahmāyu
3	A 302 b3	; mäskanträ ; plyaskenaṃ	ṣmeñc	; māmroskuṣ : wra
4	A 318 and 319 a8	waṅkmāṃ ; karemāṃ ;	ṣmeñc	pyāppyāsaṃ : /// 18σ