parskäskeṃ

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Meaning:	“to frighten”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	pärsk-
Lexeme variants:	parskäskeṃ
Person:	third
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	alt-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	present
Stem class:	9b
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3		parskäskeṃ		parskästär

Lexeme family

• pärskā-
  • pärsk- “to frighten” kaus
    • pärsk- “to frighten” kaus.prs9b

      	pl.act	sg.mid
      3	parskäskeṃ	parskästär

  • pärskā- “to be afraid” gv
    • pärskā- “to be afraid” gv.prs5

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	prāskat
      3	praskaṃ	parskaṃ

      • parskalle “to be afraid” part.prs5

        	sg.m
        nom	parskalle

    • pärskā- “to be afraid” gv.subj5

      	sg.act
      3	parskoy-ne, prāskaṃ

      • pärskalñe “to be afraid” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	pärskalñe
        acc	pärskalñe

    • pärskā- “to be afraid” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	parska	pärskāre

      • pärskau “having been afraid” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	pärskoṣ, pärskau	pärskoṣ
        acc	pärskoṣ	pärskoṣäṃ, pärskoṣ

Occurrences

parskäskeṃ

1

PK AS 7A a4

; krentantso ; lokekyaka

parskäskeṃ

; ykāṃṣäl(ñesa) /// a5