nkäṃsamāṃ

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Meaning:	“falling into ruin, disappearing”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	nkäṃsamāṃ
Number:	singular; plural
Stem:	present
Stem class:	10
Valency:	intransitive
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine; feminine

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	nkäṃsamāṃ	nkäṃsamāṃ	nkäṃsamāṃ	nkäṃsamāṃ
voc
acc	nkäṃsamāṃ	nkäṃsamāṃ	nkäṃsamāṃ	nkäṃsamāṃ
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• näk-
  • näk- “(tr.) destroy, lose” “(itr.) perish, disappear” “(act.) to destroy, lose” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” gv
    • näk- “(tr.) destroy, lose” “(itr.) perish, disappear” “(act.) to destroy, lose” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” gv.prs8

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	näkṣāṣt
      3	nkäṣ	näkseñc

      • näkṣäl “(tr.) destroy, lose” “(itr.) perish, disappear” “(act.) to destroy, lose” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” part.prs8

        	sg.m
        nom	näkṣäl

      • näkṣant “destroying, losing” ptcp.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	näkṣant	näkṣant	näkṣantāñ	näkṣantāñ

    • näk- “(tr.) destroy, lose” “(itr.) perish, disappear” “(act.) to destroy, lose” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” gv.prs10

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	näknäṣtär, näknäṣtr-äṃ	nkäṃṣānt, nkäṃsantär, nkäṃsanträ

      • nkäṃsamāṃ “falling into ruin, disappearing” part.prs10

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	nkäṃsamāṃ	nkäṃsamāṃ	nkäṃsamāṃ	nkäṃsamāṃ
        acc	nkäṃsamāṃ	nkäṃsamāṃ	nkäṃsamāṃ	nkäṃsamāṃ

    • näk- “(tr.) destroy, lose” “(itr.) perish, disappear” “(act.) to destroy, lose” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” gv.subj3

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      2	nkatār
      3	nśitär, nkatär	nkantr-äṃ, nkantr-äm

      • nkalune “(tr.) destroy, lose” “(itr.) perish, disappear” “(act.) to destroy, lose” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” abstr.n.subj3

        	sg
        nom	nkalune
        acc	nkalune
        loc	nkaluneyaṃ
        all	nkaluneyac

    • näk- “(tr.) destroy, lose” “(itr.) perish, disappear” “(act.) to destroy, lose” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” gv.pret0

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	nakät, nakät-ñi, nakt-äṃ, nakt-äm	nakänt, nakänt-äm

    • näk- “(tr.) destroy, lose” “(itr.) perish, disappear” “(act.) to destroy, lose” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” gv.pret3

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	ñakäṣt
      3	ñakäs	ñakär

      • nanku “having blamed, reprimanded, reproached” part.pret3

        	sg.m
        nom	nanku

        • nankur “having blamed, reprimanded, reproached” abstr.n.pret3

          	sg
          abl	nankuräṣ

Occurrences

nkäṃsamāṃ

1

A 311 a4

a4 cok menākyo ;

nkäṃsamāṃ

tñi ; krant śāsnaṃ