kärṣtont

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Meaning:	“to cut off, destroy”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	kärṣtont
Number:	plural; singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Case:	nominative; accusative; accusative
Gender:	feminine; 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	kärṣto, kärṣtont	kärṣtos, kärṣtont	kärṣtont	kärṣtont
voc
acc	kärṣtont	kärṣtont	kärṣtont	kärṣtont
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• kärṣtā-
  • kärṣtā- “to cut off, destroy” gv
    • kärṣtā- “to cut off, destroy” gv.prs6

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	kärṣnāṣ	kärṣneñc, kärṣneñc-äm	kärṣnātär	kärṣnāntär

      • kärṣnānt “cutting off, destroying” ptcp.prs6

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	kärṣnānt	kärṣnānt
        acc	kärṣnāntāṃ	kärṣnāntāṃ

      • kärṣnātsi “to cut off, destroy” inf.n.prs6

        	sg
        nom	kärṣnātsi
        acc	kärṣnātsi

    • kärṣtā- “to cut off, destroy” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	sg.mid
      1	kärṣtu
      2		kärṣte-ṃ
      3		kärṣtāt

      • kärṣto “to cut off, destroy” part.pret1

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	kärṣto, kärṣtont	kärṣtos, kärṣtont	kärṣtont	kärṣtont
        acc	kärṣtont	kärṣtont	kärṣtont	kärṣtont

        • kärṣtor “having cut off, having destroyed” abstr.pret1

          	sg
          nom	kärṣtor
          acc	kärṣtor
          abl	kärṣtoräṣ

    • kärṣtā- “to cut off, destroy” gv.subj5
      • kärṣtālune “cutting off” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	kärṣtālune
        acc	kärṣtālune
        inst	kärṣtāluneyo
        perl	kärṣtāluneyā

Occurrences

kärṣtont

1	A 269 and 290 b1	; puk kärkṣināñ ;	kärṣto(nt)	ñ(i) • tanne (wkänyo)
2	THT 1473 b1	mā mänt wināsam :	kärṣtont	– /// b2 ///