kärsnātsi

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Meaning:	“to know, understand, recognize”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	kärsnātsi
Number:	singular
Stem:	present
Stem class:	6
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ntu

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	kärsnātsi
voc
acc	kärsnātsi
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• kärsā-
  • kärsā- “to know, understand, recognize” gv
    • kärsā- “to know, understand, recognize” gv.prs6

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid
      1	kärsnām
      2	kärsnāt	kärsnāc
      3	kärsnāṣ	śārsar, śārsar-äṃ, kärsneñc	kärsnātär

      • kärsnānt “knowing, understanding, recognizing” ptcp.prs6

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	kärsnānt	kärsnānt
        acc	kärsnāntāṃ	kärsnāntāṃ

      • kärsnāl “to know, understand, recognize” part.prs6

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m
        nom	kärsnāl	kärsnālyi	kärsnālye
        acc	kärsnāläṃ

      • kärsnātsi “to know, understand, recognize” inf.n.prs6

        	sg
        nom	kärsnātsi
        acc	kärsnātsi

    • kärsā- “to know, understand, recognize” gv.subj5

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1		kärsimäs
      2				kärsācär
      3	krasaṣ	kärsiñc, kärseñc	kärsātär

      • kärsālune “understanding, knowledge” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	kärsālune
        acc	kärsālune
        inst	kärsālunyo

      • kärsāl “to know, understand, recognize” part.subj5

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	kärsāl	kärsālyi
        acc	kärsāläṃ

    • kärsā- “to know, understand, recognize” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	sg.mid
      1	śärsā
      2	śärṣaṣt
      3	śärs, śärs-äm	kärsāt

      • kärso “having understood, known” part.pret1

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	kärso, kärsont	kärsont	kärsoṣ, kärsont	kärsont
        acc	kärsont	kärsont	kärsoñcäs, kärsont	kärsont

        • kärsor “having understood, known” abstr.pret1

          	sg
          abl	kärsoräṣ

    • kärsā- “to know, understand, recognize” gv.imp1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	päkras	pkärsäs

  • kärs- “to make know(n), teach” kaus
    • kärs- “to make know(n), teach” kaus.prs8

      	sg.act
      2	śärsäṣt

      • śärsäsmāṃ “making know(n), teaching” part.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	śärsäsmāṃ	śärsäsmāṃ	śärsäsmāṃ	śärsäsmāṃ
        acc	śärsäsmāṃ	śärsäsmāṃ	śärsäsmāṃ	śärsäsmāṃ

      • śärsässi “to make know(n), teach” inf.n.prs8

        	sg
        nom	śärsässi
        acc	śärsässi

    • kärs- “to make know(n), teach” kaus.pret2

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	śaśärs, śaśärsā-m	śaśärsār

      • śaśärsu “to make know(n), teach” part.pret2

        	sg.m
        nom	śaśärsu

    • kärs- “to make know(n), teach” kaus.imp2

      	sg.act
      2	pśärs

Occurrences

kärsnātsi

1	A 12 a2	cem ālam-wcanis amokäntu yneś	kärsnātsi	käryatsumäṣ es lyukrā särki
2	A 339 b1	b1 /// mänt yātal	kärsnātsi	tripiṭakäntu tāpärk ptā ///
3	THT 2468 b2	b2 /// – ntu	kärsnātsi	·u /// b3 ///