alastär

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Meaning:	“to keep away, hold in check, restrain”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	āl-
Lexeme variants:	alastär
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	alt-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	present
Stem class:	9b
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• ālā-
  • ālā- “~ to be restrained” gv
    • ālā- “~ to be restrained” gv.prs4
      • ololle “~ to be restrained” part.prs4

        	sg.m
        nom	ololle

  • āl- “to keep away, hold in check, restrain” agv
    • āl- “to keep away, hold in check, restrain” agv.prs9b

      	sg.mid
      3	alastär

    • āl- “to keep away, hold in check, restrain” agv.subj1

      	sg.mid
      3	ālyintär

      • āltsi “to keep away, hold in check, restrain” inf.n.subj1

        	sg
        nom	āltsi
        acc	āltsi
        all	āltsiś

    • āl- “to keep away, hold in check, restrain” agv.pret3
      • ālu “having been restrained” part.pret3

        	sg.m
        nom	ālu

  • āl- “keep away, hold in check, restrain” kaus
    • āl- “keep away, hold in check, restrain” kaus.prs9b
      • aläṣṣeñca “keeping away, holding in check, restraining” ptcp.prs9b

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	aläṣṣeñca	aläṣṣeñca

      • alaṣṣälle “keep away, hold in check, restrain” part.prs9b

        	sg.m
        nom	alaṣṣälle