kärṣtu

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Meaning:	“to cut off, destroy”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	kärstā-
Lexeme variants:	kärṣtu
Person:	first
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

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

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