l_ukäṣ

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Meaning:	“to illuminate”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	lukäṣ; lukuṣ
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	alt-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	present
Stem class:	8
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	lukäṣ	lukseñc-äṃ

Lexeme family

• lukā-
  • lukā- “to light up, be illuminated” gv
    • lukā- “to light up, be illuminated” gv.pret0

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	lyokät	lyokänt

  • luk- “to illuminate” agv
    • luk- “to illuminate” agv.pret3

      	sg.act
      3	lyokäs

    • luk- “to illuminate” agv.prs8
      • luksamāṃ “illuminating or being illuminated (?)” part.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	luksamāṃ	luksamāṃ	luksamāṃ	luksamāṃ
        acc	luksamāṃ	luksamāṃ	luksamāṃ	luksamāṃ

  • luk- “to illuminate” kaus
    • luk- “to illuminate” kaus.prs8

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	lukäṣ	lukseñc-äṃ

    • luk- “to illuminate” kaus.pret2

      	sg.act
      3	lyalyuk

      • lyalyku “to illuminate” part.pret2

        	sg.m
        nom	lyalyku

        • lyalyukur “to illuminate” abstr.pret2

          	sg
          abl	lyalyukuräṣ

Occurrences

l_ukäṣ

1	A 17 a6	pñiṣiṃ śmoṃññeyo ; atä(ṅkät)	(lukäṣ)	; b1 (knān)mune :
2	A 118 b6	: wälts swāñcenāsyo ;	lukäṣ	jaṃbud(v)ip ;