māntat

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Meaning:	“(act.) to stir, destroy”; “(mid.) to fall into ruin, to be destroyed”; “(mid.) be stirred, be angry” Carling and Pinault 2023: “(act.) to injure, offend”; “(mid.) be offended, be angry”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	mänt-
Lexeme variants:	māntat
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Valency:	intransitive; transitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3				māntat	māntant

Lexeme family

• mäntā-
  • mäntā- “(act.) to injure, offend” “(mid.) be offended, be angry” “(act.) to stir, destroy” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, to be destroyed” “(mid.) be stirred, be angry” gv
    • mäntā- “(act.) to injure, offend” “(mid.) be offended, be angry” “(act.) to stir, destroy” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, to be destroyed” “(mid.) be stirred, be angry” gv.prs5

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	mäntām		mäñcāwe
      2				mäntācär
      3		mänteñc		mäñcānt, mäntāntär

      • mäntātsi “(act.) to injure, offend” “(mid.) be offended, be angry” “(act.) to stir, destroy” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, to be destroyed” “(mid.) be stirred, be angry” inf.n.prs5

        	sg
        nom	mäntātsi
        acc	mäntātsi

      • mäntāmāṃ “being destroyed” “being stirred” “being angry” part.prs5

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	mäntāmāṃ	mäntāmāṃ	mäntāmāṃ	mäntāmāṃ
        acc	mäntāmāṃ	mäntāmāṃ	mäntāmāṃ	mäntāmāṃ

      • mäntānt “(act.) to injure, offend” “(mid.) be offended, be angry” “(act.) to stir, destroy” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, to be destroyed” “(mid.) be stirred, be angry” ptcp.prs5

        	pl.f
        acc	mäntāntās

    • mäntā- “(act.) to injure, offend” “(mid.) be offended, be angry” “(act.) to stir, destroy” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, to be destroyed” “(mid.) be stirred, be angry” gv.pret1

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	māntat	māntant

      • māmäntu “(act.) to injure, offend” “(mid.) be offended, be angry” “(act.) to stir, destroy” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, to be destroyed” “(mid.) be stirred, be angry” part.pret1

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m
        nom	māmäntu	māmäntus	māmäntuṣ

    • mäntā- “(act.) to injure, offend” “(mid.) be offended, be angry” “(act.) to stir, destroy” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, to be destroyed” “(mid.) be stirred, be angry” gv.subj5
      • māntlune “malice” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	māntlune
        acc	māntlune
        abl	māntluneyäṣ

Occurrences

māntat

1

A 75 a3

– ; – nu

māntat

; säs camaṃ :

Bibliography

Carling and Pinault 2023

Carling, Gerd, and Georges-Jean Pinault. 2023. Dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.