ritwont

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Meaning:	Carling and Pinault 2023: “(itr.) be attached, linked to, persist”; “(itr.) be suitable for”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	ritwont
Number:	plural; singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
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	ritwo, ritwont	ritwont	ritwoṣ, ritwont	ritwont
voc
acc	ritwont	ritwosāṃ, ritwont	ritwont	ritwont
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• ritwā-
  • ritw- “(caus.) connect, compose, create” “to connect, translate” “to create” kaus
    • ritw- “(caus.) connect, compose, create” “to connect, translate” “to create” kaus.prs8

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	ritwṣā
      3	ritwäṣ	ritwseñc

      • ritwṣäl “(caus.) connect, compose, create” “to connect, translate” “to create” part.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	ritwṣäl	ritwäṣlyi

      • ritwṣant “connecting, translating” “creating” ptcp.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	ritwṣant	ritwṣant	ritwṣantāñ	ritwṣantāñ

      • ritwässi “(caus.) connect, compose, create” “to connect, translate” “to create” inf.n.prs8

        	sg
        nom	ritwässi
        acc	ritwässi

    • ritw- “(caus.) connect, compose, create” “to connect, translate” “to create” kaus.pret2

      	sg.act
      1	raritwā
      3	raritu, rarittwā-ṃ

      • raritwu “(caus.) connect, compose, create” “to connect, translate” “to create” part.pret2

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	raritwu, raritwunt	raritwunt	raritwuṣ, raritwunt	raritwunt
        acc	raritwunt	raritwunt	raritwunt	raritwunt

        • raritwur “(caus.) connect, compose, create” “to connect, translate” “to create” abstr.pret2

          	sg
          abl	raritwuräṣ

    • ritw- “(caus.) connect, compose, create” “to connect, translate” “to create” kaus.subj9
      • ritwāṣäl “(caus.) connect, compose, create” “to connect, translate” “to create” part.subj9

        	sg.m
        nom	ritwāṣäl

      • ritwāṣlune “connection, intention, purpose, conceptualization” abstr.n.subj9

        	sg
        nom	ritwāṣlune
        acc	ritwāṣlune
        inst	ritwāṣluneyo
        perl	ritwāṣluneyā

  • ritwā- “(itr.) be attached, linked to, persist” “(itr.) be suitable for” gv
    • retwe “combination, juncture, attachment” n

      	sg	pl
      nom	retwe	retweyäntu
      acc	retwe	retweyäntu
      loc	retweyaṃ
      inst	retweyo

      • retweṣi “pertaining to world-age”

        	sg.m
        nom	retweṣi
        acc	retweṣi

    • ritwā- “(itr.) be attached, linked to, persist” “(itr.) be suitable for” gv.prs3

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	ritwatär	ritwantär

      • ritwant “persisting, being attached, linked to” ptcp.prs3

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	ritwant	ritwant
        gen	ritwantāp	ritwantāp

    • ritwā- “(itr.) be attached, linked to, persist” “(itr.) be suitable for” gv.subj5

      	pl.act
      3	ritweñc

      • ritwālune “(itr.) be attached, linked to, persist” “(itr.) be suitable for” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	ritwālune
        acc	ritwālune
        perl	ritwāluneyā

      • ritwāl “(itr.) be attached, linked to, persist” “(itr.) be suitable for” part.subj5

        	sg.m
        nom	ritwāl

    • ritwā- “(itr.) be attached, linked to, persist” “(itr.) be suitable for” gv.pret1

      	sg.act
      3	ritu

      • ritwo “(itr.) be attached, linked to, persist” “(itr.) be suitable for” part.pret1

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	ritwo, ritwont	ritwont	ritwoṣ, ritwont	ritwont
        acc	ritwont	ritwosāṃ, ritwont	ritwont	ritwont

    • ritwā- “(itr.) be attached, linked to, persist” “(itr.) be suitable for” gv.imp1

      	pl.act
      2	pritwäs

Occurrences

ritwont

1	A 177 a5	kṣ· ācā – wäk··ṃ	ritw(o)nt	klyoṣā śkaṃ ṣāmnāsäṣ ///
2	A 273 a3	: mā nu nervānac	ritwont	rake tkäl(ṣa)ntāa4(s) (:) (wasäṃ)
3	A 425.a and THT 1846 b4	b4 /// l	ritwont	(•) bravī(m)i /// b5

Bibliography

Carling and Pinault 2023

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