rarku

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Meaning:	“to extend (over), cover”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	rarku
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	3
Case:	nominative
Gender:	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	rarku, rarkunt	rarkunt	rarkuṣ, rarkunt	rarkunt
voc
acc	rarkunt	rarkusāṃ, rarkunt	rarkuñcäs, rarkunt	rarkunt
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• räk-
  • räk- “to extend (over), cover” gv
    • räk- “to extend (over), cover” gv.pret3

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	raksā-ṃ	rakär

      • rarku “to extend (over), cover” part.pret3

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	rarku, rarkunt	rarkunt	rarkuṣ, rarkunt	rarkunt
        acc	rarkunt	rarkusāṃ, rarkunt	rarkuñcäs, rarkunt	rarkunt

        • rarkur “to extend (over), cover” abstr.n.pret3

          	sg
          abl	rarkuräṣ

Occurrences

rarku

1	A 143 b3	/// räntu kloräṣ āsānäs	rarku	/// b4 /// mnäṣ
2	A 187 b3	/// k pyāpyāṣi āsāṃ	rarku	·m· yärśār ālyke b4