līt

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Meaning:	“to fall (down, off), abandon, move away”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	litā-
Lexeme variants:	līt; lit
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	līt

Lexeme family

• litā-
  • lit- “(itr.) fall down, fall off, abandon” “(tr.) let fall down” kaus
    • lit- “(itr.) fall down, fall off, abandon” “(tr.) let fall down” kaus.prs8

      	pl.act
      3	letseñc

  • litā- “to fall (down, off), abandon, move away” gv
    • litā- “to fall (down, off), abandon, move away” gv.prs3

      	pl.mid
      3	litantär

      • litatsi “to fall (down, off), abandon, move away” inf.n.prs3

        	sg
        nom	litatsi
        acc	litatsi

    • litā- “to fall (down, off), abandon, move away” gv.subj5

      	sg.act	sg.mid
      3	letaṣ	letatär

      • litālune “falling” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	litālune
        acc	litālune

    • litā- “to fall (down, off), abandon, move away” gv.pret1

      	sg.act
      3	līt

      • lāletu “to fall (down, off), abandon, move away” part.pret1

        	sg.m
        nom	lāletu

Occurrences

līt

1

A 110 a4

osāt ; eṅkälyo :

līt

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