cacräṅku

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Meaning:	“to cling to” Carling and Pinault 2023: “cling, stick to”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	cacräṅku
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	2
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	cacräṅku
voc
acc
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• träṅk-
  • träṅk- “cling, stick to” “to cling to” kaus
    • träṅk- “cling, stick to” “to cling to” kaus.pret2
      • cacräṅku “cling, stick to” “to cling to” part.pret2

        	sg.m
        nom	cacräṅku

  • träṅk- “to cling, stick, adhere” gv
    • träṅk- “to cling, stick, adhere” gv.prs8

      	sg.mid
      2	träṅkäṣtār
      3	träṅkäṣtär

      • träṅkṣant “clinging” ptcp.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	träṅkṣant	träṅkṣant

      • träṅksī “to cling, stick, adhere” inf.n.prs8

        	sg
        nom	träṅksī
        acc	träṅksī

    • träṅk- “to cling, stick, adhere” gv.subj1
      • träṅklune “to cling, stick, adhere” abstr.n.subj1

        	sg
        nom	träṅklune
        acc	träṅklune
        inst	träṅkluneyo
        perl	träṅkluneyā

    • träṅk- “to cling, stick, adhere” gv.pret3

      	sg.mid
      3	träṅksāt

      • taträṅku “to cling, stick, adhere” part.pret3

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m
        nom	taträṅku	taträṅkus	tatträṅkuṣ
        acc			taträṅkuñcäs

    • träṅk- “to cling, stick, adhere” gv.subj7
      • träṅkñäl “to cling, stick, adhere” part.subj7

        	sg.m
        nom	träṅkñäl

Occurrences

cacräṅku

1

A 222 a7

(:) kul(e)yaṃ pältsäk ;

cacräṅku

; mrosäṅkātsi ; mā

Bibliography

Carling and Pinault 2023

Carling, Gerd, and Georges-Jean Pinault. 2023. Dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.