nkäṣ

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Meaning:	“(act.) to destroy, lose”; “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” Carling and Pinault 2023: “(tr.) destroy, lose”; “(itr.) perish, disappear”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	näk-
Lexeme variants:	nkäṣ
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	present
Stem class:	8
Valency:	intransitive; transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2	näkṣāṣt
3	nkäṣ	näkseñc

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

nkäṣ

1	A 103 b2	penu sne praṣt śol	nkäṣ	kuyalte b3 /// tämyo
2	A 103 b6	/// sn(e) praṣt śol	nkäṣ	॥ tämne pat nu
3	A 105 b4	/// wraske kātäṅkāṣ-äṃ śol	nkäṣ	kupre b5 /// kaśśi
4	A 124 a4	u /// a4 śol	nkäṣ	• leśpa dhātwāp mäsraṃ
5	A 256 b2	; klop śurām :	nkäṣ	sne parnore ; ytäṣtär
6	A 305 a7	a7 /// wu kṣaṃsaṃ	nkäṣ	oktis prāptis : oktäñces

Bibliography

Carling and Pinault 2023

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