skenaṣ

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Meaning:	“to strive, attempt”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	skāyā-
Lexeme variants:	skenaṣ
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	present
Stem class:	6
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2	skenat
3	skenaṣ	skeneñc

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

Occurrences

skenaṣ

1	A 318 and 319 b7	; lāntsas āntiṣpurṣās ;	skenaṣ	kātkässi : p·i ///
2	A 326 b4	/// b4 /// ··i	skenaṣ	cami – – s pācar