kārpṣā-ṃ

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Meaning:	“to descend”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	kārpā-
Lexeme variants:	kārpṣā-ṃ
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	imperfect
Pronoun suffix:	plural
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	present
Stem class:	7
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	kārpṣā-ṃ

Lexeme family

• kārpā-
  • kārpā- “to descend” gv
    • kārpā- “descend” “make descend, lower” gv.prs6

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	kārnaṣ	kārneñc

      • kārnal “descend” “make descend, lower” part.prs6

        	sg.m
        nom	kārnal

      • kārnmāṃ “descending” part.prs6

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	kārnmāṃ	kārnmāṃ	kārnmāṃ	kārnmāṃ
        acc	kārnmāṃ	kārnmāṃ	kārnmāṃ	kārnmāṃ

      • kārnatsi “descend” “make descend, lower” inf.n.prs6

        	sg
        nom	kārnatsi
        acc	kārnatsi

    • kārpā- “to descend” gv.prs7

      	sg.act
      3	kārpṣā-ṃ

    • kārpā- “to descend” gv.pret1

      	sg.act
      2	kārpaṣt
      3	kārp

      • kākärpu “to descend” part.pret1

        	sg.m
        nom	kākärpu

    • kārpā- “to descend” gv.subj5
      • kārplune “descending” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	kārplune
        acc	kārplune

  • kārp- “to make descend” kaus
    • kārp- “to make descend” kaus.pret4
      • kākärpṣu “to make descend” part.pret4

        	sg.m
        nom	kākärpṣu
        abl	kākärpṣuräṣ