kārpat

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Meaning:	“to descend”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	kārpā-
Lexeme variants:	kārpat
Person:	second
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	subjunctive
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	5
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• kārpā-
  • kārpā- “to descend” gv
    • kārpā- “to descend” gv.prs4

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	korpomar
      3	korpotär	korpyentär, korpontär

    • kārpā- “to descend” gv.subj5

      	sg.act
      2	kārpat

      • kārpatsi “to descend” inf.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	kārpatsi
        acc	kārpatsi

    • kārpā- “to descend” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	karpāwa	karpām
      2	karpāsta
      3	kārpa

      • kakārpau “to descend” part.pret1

        	sg.m
        nom	kakārpau

    • kārpā- “to descend” gv
      • akārpatte “to descend” priv

        	sg.m
        nom	akārpatte
        acc	akārpacce

  • kārp- “to make descend, to pass on” kaus
    • kārp- “to make descend, to pass on” kaus.prs9b

      	sg.mid
      3	kārpastär

    • kārp- “to make descend, to pass on” kaus.subj9b

      	sg.act
      1	kārpäṣṣim
      3	kārpäṣṣäṃ

    • kārp- “to make descend, to pass on” kaus.pret4

      	sg.act	sg.mid
      2	kārpäṣṣasta
      3		kārpäṣṣate

Occurrences

kārpat

1

THT 384 b4

śāmnaṃts śaulne ; iśāmna

kārpat

ṅke 20-4 /// 12σ