spärk

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Meaning:	“to disappear, perish”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	spärkā-
Lexeme variants:	spärk
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	spärk, spärkā-ṃ

Lexeme family

• spärkā-
  • spärkā- “to disappear, perish” gv
    • spärkā- “to disappear, perish” gv.pret1

      	sg.act
      3	spärk, spärkā-ṃ

      • spärko “to disappear, perish” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	spärko
        gen		spärkoñcäśśi

    • spärkā- “to disappear, perish” gv.subj5
      • spärkālune “to disappear, perish” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	spärkālune
        acc	spärkālune

  • spärk- “to cause to disappear, destroy” kaus
    • spärk- “to cause to disappear, destroy” kaus.prs8

      	sg.act	pl.act	pl.mid
      3	spärkäṣ	spärkseñc	spärksantär

      • spärkṣant “causing to disappear, destroying” ptcp.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	spärkṣant	spärkṣant

      • spärkṣantik “causing disappearance” m.prs8

        	pl
        nom	spärkṣantikāñ

    • spärk- “to cause to disappear, destroy” kaus.pret2

      	pl.mid
      3	saspärkānt

      • ṣaṣpärku “to cause to disappear, destroy” part.pret2

        	sg.m
        nom	ṣaṣpärku

    • spärk- “to cause to disappear, destroy” kaus.subj9
      • ṣpärkāṣlune “to cause to disappear, destroy” abstr.n.subj9

        	sg
        nom	ṣpärkāṣlune
        acc	ṣpärkāṣlune

  • spärk- “to get lost, disappear” agv
    • spärk- “to get lost, disappear” agv.pret3

      	sg.act
      3	spärksā-m

Occurrences

spärk

1

A 11 a1

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spärk

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