ṣerpsa

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Meaning:	“to indicate, explain, instruct”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	ṣärp-
Lexeme variants:	ṣerpsa
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	ṣerpsa

Lexeme family

• ṣärp-
  • ṣärp- “to indicate, explain, instruct” gv
    • ṣärp- “to indicate, explain, instruct” gv.prs8

      	sg.act	pl.act	pl.mid
      3	ṣarpṣäṃ	ṣarpseṃ	ṣärpsentär-ne

      • ṣärpsemane “indicating” part.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	ṣärpsemane	ṣärpsemane	ṣärpsemane	ṣärpsemane
        acc	ṣärpsemane	ṣärpsemane	ṣärpsemane	ṣärpsemane

    • ṣärp- “to indicate, explain, instruct” gv.subj2

      	sg.act
      1	ṣärpau-ne, ṣärpau-me
      2	ṣärpit
      3	ṣarpi

      • ṣärpalñe “instruction” abstr.subj2

        	sg
        nom	ṣärpalñe
        acc	ṣärpalñe

    • ṣärp- “to indicate, explain, instruct” gv.pret1

      	sg.act
      3	ṣerpsa

    • ṣärp- “to indicate, explain, instruct” gv.pret3

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	ṣerpsa-me	ṣerpar-me

      • ṣeṣärpu “to indicate, explain, instruct” part.pret3

        	sg.m
        nom	ṣeṣärpu

Occurrences

ṣerpsa

1	IOL Toch 214 a4	caukatai eṅweṃ su-k cī	ṣerpsa	kawa(r) śerwi /// a5
2	PK AS 7C b2	täṅwantsiś ; b2 ślokne	ṣerpsa	; ce arthä (10-)6