skenmāṃ

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Meaning:	“striving, attempting”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	skenmāṃ
Number:	singular; plural
Stem:	present
Stem class:	6
Valency:	intransitive
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine; feminine

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	skenmāṃ	skenmāṃ	skenmāṃ	skenmāṃ
voc
acc	skenmāṃ	skenmāṃ	skenmāṃ	skenmāṃ
gen
loc
comit
inst
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

Occurrences

skenmāṃ

1	A 15 a5	॥ tmaṃ cem letkār	skenmāṃ	– a6 (viryavāṃ) (mä)śkit
2	A 16 a1	tā ne suk :	skenmāṃ	penu ; kāwälte ;