kärsau

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Meaning:	“having understood, known”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	kärso
Lexeme variants:	kärsau
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-au
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-oṣ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-oṣ

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• kärsā-
  • kärsā- “to know, understand, recognize” gv
    • kärsā- “to know, understand, recognize” gv.prs6

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	kärsänau	kärsanam
      2	kärsanat
      3	kärsanaṃ	kärsanoyeṃ	kärsanatär	kärsanantär

      • kärsanalle “knowing, understanding” part.prs6

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	kärsanalle	kärsanalya

    • kärsā- “to know, understand, recognize” gv.subj5

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid
      1	karsoym, kārsau, kārsau-ne
      2	kārsāt
      3	karsoy, kārsaṃ	karsoyeṃ	kärsoytär, karsatär

      • karsatsi “to know, understand, recognize” inf.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	karsatsi
        acc	karsatsi
        all	karsatsiśc

      • karsalñe “to know, understand, recognize” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	karsalñe
        acc	karsalñe
        perl	karsalñesa

    • kärsā- “to know, understand, recognize” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	śärsāwa, śärsāwa-ne
      2	śärsāsta
      3	śarsa, śärsā-ñ, śirsā-me	śärsāre	kärsāte-ne	kärsānte

      • kärsau “having understood, known” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	kärsoṣ, kärsau	kärsoṣ
        acc	kärsoṣ	kärsoṣ

        • kärsor “understanding” abstr.pret1

          	sg
          nom	kärsor
          acc	kärsor
          abl	kärsormeṃ

    • kärsā- “to know, understand, recognize” gv.imp1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	pkārsa, pkārsa-ñ	pkarsas

  • kärs- “to make know(n), make recognize, announce” kaus
    • kärs- “to make know(n), make recognize, announce” kaus.prs9b

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	śarsäskau
      2		śarsäṣṣicer
      3	śarsäṣṣäṃ-ne	śarsäskeṃ-ne

      • śarsaṣṣäle “to make know(n), make recognize, announce” part.prs9b

        	sg.m
        nom	śarsaṣṣäle

    • kärs- “to make know(n), make recognize, announce” kaus.subj9b

      	sg.act
      3	śarsäṣṣi

    • kärs- “to make know(n), make recognize, announce” kaus.pret2

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	śārsasta-ne
      3	śārsa, śārsa-me	śārsare-ne

    • kärs- “to make know(n), make recognize, announce” kaus.imp1

      	sg.mid
      2	karsar, karsar-me

Occurrences

kärsau

1	IOL Toch 988 a4	a4 /// (ni)raupadhiḥ	kärsau	s(n)ai /// a5
2	PK AS 12B b4	b4 p(a)täryepi aräñcäntse yakne	kärsau	neseu tuntse pernesa se
3	PK AS 12B b5	/// (patä)b5(r)y(e)pi aräñcäntse yäkne	kärsau	neseu te weṣṣäṃ mäpi
4	PK AS 12C b5	– – – – ; (snai) lyīprä	kärsau	te mänt ; empreṃtsā
5	THT 31 a8	mā ranw aiku ;	kärsau	ñy akalṣle : papāṣṣu
6	THT 212 b5	; sāṃtkinau twe ;	kärsau	śāsträ 80-2
7	THT 542 b7	b7 /// buddhaṃ •	kärsau	• pratividdhaṃ • aunu
8	THT 543 b4	/// muni • abhijñänta	kärsau	rṣāke • cittaṃ vimu
9	THT 1226 a2	a2 /// r lānt	kärsau	śtwāra /// a3 ///