tsälpiñc

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Meaning:	“to pass away, be released, redeemed”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	tsälpā-
Lexeme variants:	tsälpiñc
Person:	third
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	optative
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	5
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1		tsälpimäs
2		tsälpāc
3	tsälpi, tsälpi-ñi, tsalpaṣ	tsälpiñc, tsälpeñc

Lexeme family

• tsälpā-
  • tsälpā- “to pass away, be released, redeemed” gv
    • tsälpā- “to pass away, be released, redeemed” gv.prs3

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	śalpatär	śalpantär

      • śalpmāṃ “passing away, being released, redeemed” part.prs3

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	śalpmāṃ	śalpmāṃ	śalpmāṃ	śalpmāṃ
        acc	śalpmāṃ	śalpmāṃ	śalpmāṃ	śalpmāṃ

      • śalpatsi “to pass away, be released, redeemed” inf.n.prs3

        	sg
        nom	śalpatsi
        acc	śalpatsi

      • śalpal “to pass away, be released, redeemed” part.prs3

        	sg.m
        nom	śalpal

    • tsälpā- “to pass away, be released, redeemed” gv.subj5

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1		tsälpimäs
      2		tsälpāc
      3	tsälpi, tsälpi-ñi, tsalpaṣ	tsälpiñc, tsälpeñc

      • tsälpālune “to pass away, be released, redeemed” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	tsälpālune
        acc	tsälpālune
        all	tsälpāluneyac

        • tsälpāluneṣi “pertaining to salvation” subj5

          	sg.m
          acc	tsälpāluneṣi

    • tsälpā- “to pass away, be released, redeemed” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2		tsalpas
      3	tsälp	tsalpar

      • tsälpo “to pass away, be released, redeemed” part.pret1

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	tsälpo, tsälpont	tsälpos, tsälpont	tsälpoṣ, tsälpont	tsälpont
        acc	tsälpont	tsälpont	tsälpoñcäs, tsälpont	tsälpont

        • tsälpor “to pass away, be released, redeemed” abstr.pret1

          	sg
          abl	tsälporäṣ

  • tsälp- “to redeem, free” kaus
    • tsälp- “to redeem, free” kaus.prs8

      	sg.mid
      3	tsälpäṣtär

      • tsälpäṣäl “to redeem, free” part.prs8

        	sg.f	pl.m
        nom	tsälpäṣlyi	tsälpäṣlye

      • tsälpṣant “redeeming, freeing” ptcp.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	tsälpṣant	tsälpṣant

      • tsälpäsmāṃ “redeeming, freeing” part.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	tsälpäsmāṃ	tsälpäsmāṃ	tsälpäsmāṃ	tsälpäsmāṃ
        acc	tsälpäsmāṃ	tsälpäsmāṃ	tsälpäsmāṃ	tsälpäsmāṃ

    • tsälp- “to redeem, free” kaus.subj9

      	sg.mid
      2	tsälpāṣitār

    • tsälp- “to redeem, free” kaus.pret2
      • śaśälpu “to redeem, free” part.pret2

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	śaśälpu
        acc		śaśälpusāṃ

        • śaśälpur “to redeem, free” abstr.pret2

          	sg
          abl	śaśälpuräṣ

Occurrences

tsälpiñc

1	A 236 a7	: kälpintär skuntu ;	tsälpiñc	/// 18σ b1 20σ
2	A 303 b3	: try āpāyṣiṃ klopäṣ	tsälpiñc	tm-äkyo-k b4 /// ptāñkte
3	THT 1152 a2	tar ārśi-ype – – ///	(tsälpi)a3ñc	klopäntwäṣ • – – ///
4	YQ I.5 a2	träṅkäṣ toṣ upādhyāy waṣtu	tsälpia3(ñc)	/// (t)rä(ṅ)käṣ p(i)ṣ tu
5	YQ III.6 a7	s(e)wās ; kälpinträ :	tsälpiñc	ñukk oki ; ñare