ait

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Meaning:	“(act.) to give”; “(mid.) to take”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	e-
Lexeme variants:	ait
Person:	second
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	subjunctive
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	1
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1	āyu, ayu-c, ayu-ne	aim		aimar
2	ait, ayit-me
3	āyi, ayi-c, ayi-ne, aiṃ	aiṃ, ai-ñ, aiṃ-ñ		ayītär, aitär

Lexeme family

• ai-
  • ai- “(act.) to give” “(mid.) to take” gv
    • ai- “(act.) to give” “(mid.) to take” gv.prs9a

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	aiskau, aiskau-c	aiskem
      2	aista-ne	aiścer
      3	aiṣṣi, aiṣṣäṃ, aiṣṣa-ñ	aiṣṣiyeṃ, aiskeṃ

      • aiṣṣeñca “giving” ptcp.prs9a

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	aiṣṣeñca	aiṣṣeñca	aiṣṣeñcañ	aiṣṣeñcañ, aiṣṣeñcana
        acc	aiṣṣeñcai, aiṣeñcai	aiṣṣeñcai, aiṣeñcai		aiṣṣeñcana
        gen	aiṣṣeñcantse	aiṣṣeñcantse

        • aiṣṣeñcaññe “giving” msg.prs9a

          	sg
          nom	aiṣṣeñcaññe
          acc	aiṣṣeñcaññe
          all	aiṣṣeñcaññeśc

      • aiskemane “taking” part.prs9a

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	aiskemane	aiskemane	aiskemane	aiskemane
        acc	aiskemane	aiskemane	aiskemane	aiskemane

      • aiṣälle “giving” part.prs9a

        	sg.m
        nom	aiṣälle

    • ai- “(act.) to give” “(mid.) to take” gv.subj1

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid
      1	āyu, ayu-c, ayu-ne	aim	aimar
      2	ait, ayit-me
      3	āyi, ayi-c, ayi-ne, aiṃ	aiṃ, ai-ñ, aiṃ-ñ	ayītär, aitär

      • aille “giving” part.subj1

        	sg.m
        nom	aille

      • ailñe “giving” abstr.subj1

        	sg
        nom	ailñe
        acc	ailñe
        loc	ailñene
        perl	ailñesa

      • aitsi “(act.) to give” “(mid.) to take” inf.n.subj1

        	sg
        nom	aitsi
        acc	aitsi

      • anāyätte “what has not been given” priv.subj1

        	sg.m
        nom	anāyätte

    • ai- “(act.) to give” “(mid.) to take” gv.imp

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	pete, pete-ñ	petes

    • ai- “(act.) to give” “(mid.) to take” gv.pret3
      • āyu “having given” part.pret3

        	sg.m
        nom	āyu

        • āyor “gift, giving” n.pret3

          	sg	pl
          nom	āyor	āyornta
          acc	āyor	āyornta
          loc	āyorne
          comit	āyormpa
          abl	āyormeṃ
          perl	āyorsa

          • āyorṣṣe “pertaining to a gift” pret3

            	sg.m
            nom	āyorṣṣe
            acc	āyorṣṣe

          • āyorntaṣṣe “pertaining to gifts, giving” pret3

            	sg.m
            nom	āyorntaṣṣe
            acc	āyorntaṣṣe

          • ayormaṣṣe “pertaining to a gift” pret3

            	sg.m
            nom	ayormaṣṣe
            acc	ayormaṣṣe

Occurrences

ait

1	IOL Toch 258 a4	śaṃp ñi cāne mā	ait	– – kutsau-ś tep
2	THT 212 b3	; pelaiykneṣṣe 80-1 ket	aib4t	yoktsi ; sāṃtk= onwaññe
3	THT 587.a a2	/// a2 /// yāṣṣ=	ait	klyewṣtsī yärkesā 9 po