eṃtsu

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Meaning:	“to seize, take, understand”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	eṃtsu; entsu; etsu; eṃtsw
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1-3
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	eṃtsu, entsunt	eṃtsus, entsunt	entsuṣ, entsunt	entsunt
voc
acc	entsunt	entsunt	entsunt	entsunt
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• eṃtsā-
  • eṃts- “to seize, take, understand” gv
    • eṃts- “to seize, take, understand” gv.prs8

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	eṃtsäsmār
      2	eṃtsäṣtār
      3	eṃtsäṣtär	eṃtssantär, eṃtssantr-äṃ

      • eṃtsṣant “seizing, taking, understanding” ptcp.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	eṃtsṣant	eṃtsṣant

      • eṃtsäsmāṃ “to seize, take, understand” part.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	eṃtsäsmāṃ	eṃtsäsmāṃ	eṃtsäsmāṃ	eṃtsäsmāṃ
        acc	eṃtsäsmāṃ	eṃtsäsmāṃ	eṃtsäsmāṃ	eṃtsäsmāṃ

      • etsṣäl “to be seized, taken, understood” part.prs8

        	sg.m
        nom	etsṣäl

      • eṃtsässi “to seize, take, understand” inf.n.prs8

        	sg
        nom	eṃtsässi
        acc	eṃtsässi

    • eṃts- “to seize, take, understand” gv.subj5

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	eṃtsmār, eṃtsmār-äṃ
      2	eṃtstār
      3	eṃtsitär, eṃtsitär-ñi, entsatär	entsintär, entsantär

      • eṃtsālune “seizing, capture” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	eṃtsālune
        acc	eṃtsālune
        abl	eṃtsāluneyäṣ

    • eṃts- “to seize, take, understand” gv.pret1/3

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	eṃtse
      2	entsāte
      3	eṃtsāt, entse-ṃ, eṃtsāt-äṃ	entsānt

      • eṃtsu “to seize, take, understand” part.pret1/3

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	eṃtsu, entsunt	eṃtsus, entsunt	entsuṣ, entsunt	entsunt
        acc	entsunt	entsunt	entsunt	entsunt

        • eṃtsur “having seized” abstr.pret1/3

          	sg
          nom	eṃtsur
          acc	eṃtsur
          abl	eṃtsuräṣ

    • eṃts- “to seize, take, understand” gv.imp1/3

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      2	peṃtsār	pentsāc, pentsāc-äṃ

  • eṃts- uncertain kaus
    • eṃts- uncertain kaus.subj9

      	sg.act
      3	entsṣiṣ

Occurrences

entsu

1	A 216 a6	manarkāa6(säṣ) /// (me)träkyāp tsarā	entsu	a7 /// tāpärk wtākotā
2	A 246 b3	nt anāsrap ; knāṃmune	entsu	– 0σ ; winā(sa)m
3	THT 1475.a b3	/// b3 /// tu	entsu	ṣpä ·rä – ·t·

etsu

1

A 380 a2

lmo präṅkāraṃ wär tsaraṃ

etsu

ptāñkä /// a3 ///

eṃtsu

1	A 3 b5	; – – 2σ b5	eṃtsu	; cwal ārlā :
2	A 92 b1	6σ /// tu ;	eṃtsu	ṣet ; sundariṃ śnaśśäl
3	A 143 b4	mnäṣ nande mäśkite tsarā	eṃtsu	p· /// b5 ///
4	A 335 b7	b7 näs skeyas adhiṣṭhi{n→t}ā	eṃtsu	bhog· /// b8 pr(e)ṃ
5	THT 1142 b3	/// ·o – ·o	eṃtsu	tämyo
6	YQ II.4 a6	(kakärnu) /// (meträ)kyāp tsarā	eṃtsu	träṅkäṣ ॥ mandodharinaṃ ॥

eṃtsw

1

YQ II.7 b4

; b(r)āhmañi wkäṃ ;

eṃtsw

āṣträṃ : wärtaṃ ymāṃ