ṣeṣṣirku

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Meaning:	“having surpassed”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	ṣeṣṣirku; ṣeṣirku; ṣeṣṣīrku

Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	2
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-u
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-oṣ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-oṣ

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	ṣeṣṣirkoṣ, ṣeṣṣirku		ṣeṣṣirkoṣ
voc
acc	ṣeṣṣirkoṣ		ṣeṣṣirkoṣ
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

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

ṣeṣṣīrku

1	IOL Toch 241 a1	pācer kākatsi : 10-4	ṣeṣṣīrku	ne ste ṣa° ///
2	PK AS 13J a4	na° /// a4 ///	ṣ(e)ṣṣīrku	: empelye pi yakṣantse
3	PK AS 17E b2	; (śaula)nm(a) ; po	ṣ(e)ṣṣīrku	; se śaul ñī
4	PK AS 17I a3	: yakne pi(k)ārsa ;	ṣeṣṣīrku	a4 po alyeṅkäṃ
5	THT 408 b2	tetakorsa /// b2 k_use	ṣeṣṣīrku	: māgatäṣṣeṃts ypaunane poyśiññeṣṣe

ṣeṣirku

1

20-3 po pernentaṃ ;

; pernerñesa ; snaiy

ṣeṣṣirku

1	IOL Toch 166 a3	a° /// a3 ///	ṣeṣṣirku	: 4 takarṣkana ās(tr)ona
2	PK AS 17I a6	(p)o ; (v)eṣ(ṭ)āṃ pyāpyai{ṃ}	ṣeb1ṣṣ(i)rku	: pälkamñe(sa) no ;
3	THT 73 b6	krentaunasa ; samudtärnta ;	ṣeṣṣirku	: 10-5 kañcān isāṣṣai
4	THT 92 b1	; meñ pällentn(e) ;	ṣ(eṣṣirku)	(:) (wnolme)ntso ra ;
5	THT 595 b6	b6 /// ṣeske poyśi	ṣeṣṣirku	/// b7 /// saimne
6	THT 3597 a3	; po kauñäkteṃ ;	ṣeṣṣirku	; läk_utsowñaisa : maiyyā