posāc

Cite this page as:	"posāc". In A Comprehensive Edition of Tocharian Manuscripts (CEToM). Created and maintained by Melanie Malzahn, Martin Braun, Hannes A. Fellner, and Bernhard Koller. https://cetom.univie.ac.at/?F_A_posāc (accessed 14 Jan. 2026).
Meaning:	“(act.) to hit, wound”; “(mid.) to begin”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	aun-
Lexeme variants:	posāc
Person:	second
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	imperative
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	imperative
Stem class:	3
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• on-
  • on- “(act.) to hit, wound” “(mid.) to begin” gv
    • on- “(act.) to hit, wound” “(mid.) to begin” gv.prs10

      	pl.mid
      3	oṃsantär

    • on- “(act.) to hit, wound” “(mid.) to begin” gv.subj7

      	sg.mid
      3	oñtar

    • on- “(act.) to hit, wound” “(mid.) to begin” gv.pret3

      	sg.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	āwu
      3	os	osāt	osānt

      • onu “(act.) to hit, wound” “(mid.) to begin” part.pret3

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	onu	onus

    • on- “(act.) to hit, wound” “(mid.) to begin” gv.imp3

      	pl.mid
      2	posāc

Occurrences

posāc

1	A 258 a4	kälk(o)nt (swāñcenāsaṃ) /// a4	(posāc)	(pälcäs) (•) (pritwäs) (ptāñäkte)
2	A 354 b5	täm mā yāmṣunt :	posāc	pälcas : pritwäs ptāñäkte