kärsoṣ

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Meaning:	“having understood, known”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	kärsau
Lexeme variants:	kärsoṣ
Number:	plural
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-o
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-ont
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-oṣ

Paradigm

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

kärsoṣ

1	A 96 b3	yāmiṣ ta b3 ///	kärsoṣ	śemälyo talke yatsi wätkseñc
2	A 405 a3	yalaṃ ; wrammaṃ mā	kärsoṣ	; im· /// 14σ
3	A 425.e and .f b1	/// b1 ///	kärsoṣ	/// b2 ///