ṣārkatai

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Meaning:	“to surpass”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	ṣärk-
Lexeme variants:	ṣārkatai; ṣarkatai
Person:	second
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	2
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2				ṣārkatai
3				ṣārkate, ṣārkate-c

Lexeme family

• ṣärk-
  • ṣärk- “to surpass” kaus
    • ṣärk- “to surpass” kaus.prs9b

      	sg.mid
      3	ṣarkästär

      • ṣärkäskemane “surpassing” part.prs9b

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	ṣärkäskemane	ṣärkäskemane	ṣärkäskemane	ṣärkäskemane
        acc	ṣärkäskemane	ṣärkäskemane	ṣärkäskemane	ṣärkäskemane

    • ṣärk- “to surpass” kaus.pret2

      	sg.mid
      2	ṣārkatai
      3	ṣārkate, ṣārkate-c

      • ṣeṣṣirku “having surpassed” part.pret2

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	ṣeṣṣirkoṣ, ṣeṣṣirku	ṣeṣṣirkoṣ
        acc	ṣeṣṣirkoṣ	ṣeṣṣirkoṣ

Occurrences

ṣarkatai

1

THT 203 b3

(no) po ceṃ ;

ṣarkatai

piś cmelaṣeṃ ; onolmets

ṣārkatai

1	IOL Toch 528.a a1	a1 ///	(ṣā)rkatai	·o /// a2 ///
2	THT 204 a2	ceṃ twe posa ;	ṣārkatai	• piś cmelaṣṣeṃ ;
3	THT 223.a a3	/// a3 /// (bo)dhisātveṃ	ṣārka(tai)	/// a4 /// –
4	THT 3597 a4	; tärkärwa ; po	ṣārkatai	: poyśiññeṣṣe ; sumer