prasku

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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:	prasku
Person:	first
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	alt-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	3
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

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

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

Bibliography

Carling and Pinault 2023

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