pāpśunt

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Meaning:	“to beg”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	pāpśunt
Number:	plural; singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1-3
Case:	nominative; accusative; accusative
Gender:	feminine; masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-nt
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ṣ

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• pāś-
  • pāś- “to beg” gv
    • pāś- “to beg” gv.prs10

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	pānäsmār
      3	pānäṣtär	pāṃsantär

      • pāṃṣant “begging” ptcp.prs10

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m
        nom	pāṃṣant	pāṃṣant
        acc			pāṃṣäntās

      • pānässi “to beg” inf.n.prs10

        	sg
        nom	pānässi
        acc	pānässi

    • pāś- “to beg” gv.prs2
      • paṃṣant “begging” ptcp.prs2

        	sg.m	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	paṃṣant
        acc		paṃṣäntās	paṃṣäntās

    • pāś- “to beg” gv.pret1/3
      • pāpśu “to beg” part.pret1/3

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	pāpśu, pāpśunt	pāpśunt	pāpśunt	pāpśunt
        acc	pāpśunt	pāpśunt	pāpśunt	pāpśunt

Occurrences

pāpśunt

1	A 45 a5	(anu)a5modin yāmunt pātäryo wräṣ	(p)ā(pśunt)	/// a6 puk pretāśśi
2	A 104 b4	ṣuṅkaṃ b4 /// kālyo	pāpśunt	lipont śwātsiyo waṣtä b5