märtkāṣt

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Meaning:	“to scrape off, shave (the head)”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	märtkā-
Lexeme variants:	märtkāṣt
Person:	second
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2	märtkāṣt
3					märtkānt

Lexeme family

• märtkā-
  • märtkā- “to scrape off, shave (the head)” gv
    • märtkā- “to scrape off, shave (the head)” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	pl.mid
      2	märtkāṣt
      3		märtkānt

      • märtko “to scrape off, shave (the head)” part.pret1

        	sg.m
        nom	märtko

        • märtkor “to scrape off, shave (the head)” abstr.n.pret1

          	sg
          abl	märtkoräṣ

Occurrences

märtkāṣt

1

A 244 b3

– 1σ pt· 1σ

(mä)r(t)kāṣt

; cāsaṃ pältskäṣ