prakṣäl

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Meaning:	Carling and Pinault 2023: “(act.) ask for, beg”; “(mid.) ask, bring up a question”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	prakṣäl
Number:	singular
Stem:	present
Stem class:	8
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-äṃ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	P-e

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• pärk-
  • pärk- “(act.) ask for, beg” “(mid.) ask, bring up a question” gv
    • pärk- “(act.) ask for, beg” “(mid.) ask, bring up a question” gv.prs8

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid
      1	praksam	praksamäs	prakäsmār-ci
      3		prakseñc	prakäṣtär

      • prakässi “(act.) ask for, beg” “(mid.) ask, bring up a question” inf.n.prs8

        	sg
        nom	prakässi
        acc	prakässi

      • prakṣant “asking for, begging” ptcp.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	prakṣant	prakṣant	prakṣäntāñ	prakṣäntāñ

      • prakṣäl “(act.) ask for, beg” “(mid.) ask, bring up a question” part.prs8

        	sg.m
        nom	prakṣäl

    • pärk- “(act.) ask for, beg” “(mid.) ask, bring up a question” gv.subj1

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	pärkmār, pärkmār-ci
      2		pärkcär
      3		pärkäntär

      • pärklune “asking, questioning” abstr.n.subj1

        	sg	pl
        nom	pärklune
        acc	pärklune	pärkluneytu
        gen		pärkluneytwāśśi

    • pärk- “(act.) ask for, beg” “(mid.) ask, bring up a question” gv.pret3

      	sg.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	prakwā-ci
      3	prakäs, praksā-ṃ	pärksāt	präksānt

      • papräku “(act.) ask for, beg” “(mid.) ask, bring up a question” part.pret3

        	sg.m
        nom	papräku

    • pärk- “(act.) ask for, beg” “(mid.) ask, bring up a question” gv.imp3

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      2	ppärksār	ppärksāc, ppärksāc-äṃ

Occurrences

prakṣäl

1	A 90 b2	/// ṣt lamar kuc	prakṣäl	nande mäśkit pracri watkurā
2	A 229 a5	40-3 kuc nu śkaṃ	prakṣäl	; ma – raurāp
3	A 277 a7	k{†ä} mā kātä(ṅkā)ṣ{†ä} kuc	prakṣäl	napeṃsaṃ • mā ce
4	YQ I.2 b2	mäskatsi āṣāṃ n-äm kuc	prakṣäl	sasäkyāp bādharis b3
5	YQ II.3 b6	6σ /// ṣaṣärku kuc	prakṣäl	pācräṣ : kārūṃ pyāmtsār
6	YQ III.7 b2	p(i)ssaṅkac elyi ṣeṣ kuc	prakṣäl	kanak tmäṣ ptāñkät käṣṣi
7	YQ III.9 a1	naslune träṅkäm • kuc	praa2(kṣäl)	8σ /// neyo ;
8	YQ III.12 b1	yärk wärpnātsi : kuc	prakṣäl	wir b2 /// (trä)ṅkäṣ