skāylune

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Meaning:	“to strive, attempt”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	skāylune
Number:	singular
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	5
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ntu

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	skāylune
voc
acc	skāylune
gen
loc
comit
inst	skāyluneyo
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• skāyā-
  • skāyā- “to strive, attempt” gv
    • skāyā- “to strive, attempt” gv.prs6

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	skenat
      3	skenaṣ	skeneñc

      • skenal “to strive, attempt” part.prs6

        	sg.m
        nom	skenal

      • skenmāṃ “striving, attempting” part.prs6

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	skenmāṃ	skenmāṃ	skenmāṃ	skenmāṃ
        acc	skenmāṃ	skenmāṃ	skenmāṃ	skenmāṃ

    • skāyā- “to strive, attempt” gv.subj5

      	sg.act
      3	skāyaṣ

      • skāylune “to strive, attempt” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	skāylune
        acc	skāylune
        inst	skāyluneyo

    • skāyā- “to strive, attempt” gv.pret1

      	sg.act
      1	skāyā
      3	skāy

    • skāyā- “to strive, attempt” gv.imp1

      	pl.act
      2	päskāyäs