waras

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Meaning:	“smell, odor”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	were
Lexeme variants:	waras; varas

Number:	plural
Case:	accusative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-añ

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	war	warañ
voc
acc	war	waras
gen
loc	waraṃ
comit		warsaśśäl
inst	waryo
abl
perl
all	warac
caus

Lexeme family

wär-
- wär- “to smell” gv
  - war “smell, odor” m
    
    sg pl
    
    nom war warañ
    
    acc war waras
    
    loc waraṃ
    
    comit warsaśśäl
    
    inst waryo
    
    all warac
    - waro “stinking”
      
      sg.m
      
      nom waro
    - warom “smelling”
      
      sg.m
      
      acc waromänt
  - wär- “to smell” gv.prs8
    
    sg.act
    
    3 wräṣ
  - wär- “to smell” gv.imp3
    
    sg.mid
    
    2 pursār
  - wär- “to smell” gv.pret4
    - wawärṣu “to smell” part.pret4
      
      sg.m sg.f pl.m pl.f
      
      nom wawärṣu, wawärṣunt wawärṣunt wawärṣuṣ, wawärṣunt wawärṣunt
      
      acc wawärṣunt wawärṣunt wawärṣunt wawärṣunt

Occurrences

varas

1

/// ·tu ; śla

; wawīkw āttsek ;

waras

1

(tom) (:) (ypeṃ)c pyāppyās

; ypanträ āñcālyī ;