pärsäk

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Meaning:	“to be afraid” Carling and Pinault 2023: “fear (for)”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	pärskā-
Lexeme variants:	pärsäk

Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	alt-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	pärsäk

Lexeme family

pärskā-
- pärsk- “to frighten” kaus
- pärsk- “fear (for)” “to be afraid” gv
  - pärsk- “fear (for)” “to be afraid” gv.prs3
    
    sg.mid pl.mid
    
    1 praskmār, praskmār-äṃ
    
    3 praskatär praskantär
    - praskmāṃ “being afraid” part.prs3
      
      sg.m sg.f pl.m pl.f
      
      nom praskmāṃ praskmāṃ praskmāṃ praskmāṃ
      
      acc praskmāṃ praskmāṃ praskmāṃ praskmāṃ
    - präskāll “fear (for)” “to be afraid” part.prs3
      
      sg.m
      
      nom präskāll
  - pärsk- “fear (for)” “to be afraid” gv.pret1
    
    sg.act
    
    3 pärsäk
    - pärsko “fear (for)” “to be afraid” part.pret1
      
      sg.m sg.f pl.m pl.f
      
      nom pärsko, pärskont pärskos, pärskont pärskoṣ, pärskont pärskont
      
      acc pärskont pärskont pärskont pärskont
  - pärsk- “fear (for)” “to be afraid” gv.pret3
    
    sg.act
    
    1 prasku

Occurrences

pärsäk

1

(o)a3mäskenäṃ ; lyalypūräṣ ;

prākär ; tampewāts :

Bibliography

Carling and Pinault 2023

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