pälkṣant

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Meaning:	“burning, tormenting”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	pälkṣant

Number:	singular
Stem:	present
Stem class:	8
Valency:	transitive
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine; feminine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-āṃ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-āñ

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

pälkā-
- pälkā- “to burn, torment” gv
  - pälkā- “to burn, torment” gv.prs8
    
    sg.act pl.act
    
    3 pälkṣā pälkseñc, pälkse-ñi
    - pälkṣant “burning, tormenting” ptcp.prs8
      
      sg.m sg.f
      
      nom pälkṣant pälkṣant
    - pälkässi “to burn, torment” inf.n.prs8
      
      sg
      
      nom pälkässi
      
      acc pälkässi
  - pälkā- “to burn, torment” gv.pret2
    
    sg.mid
    
    1 papälyke
    
    3 papälykāt-äṃ
    - papälyku “to burn, torment” part.pret2
      
      sg.m sg.f pl.m pl.f
      
      nom papälyku, papälykunt papälykus, papälykunt papälykunt papälykunt
      
      acc papälykunt papälykunt papälykunt papälykunt
  - pälkā- “to burn, torment” gv.subj2
    - pläślune “austerity, penance” “suffering, pain” abstr.n.subj2
      
      sg pl
      
      nom pläślune
      
      acc pläślune pläśluneytu
      
      loc pläśluneyaṃ pläśluneyäṃtwaṃ
      
      inst pläśluneyo
      - pläśluneyum “painful OR practicing penance” subj2
        
        sg.m
        
        acc pälyślunenyumänt

Occurrences

pälkṣant

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(waṣtä)ṣ{†ä} lantu – ālyk(e)s

ṣāmaṃ mäskaträ ālykes miyäsmāṃ