pkarstas

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Meaning:	“to cut off, destroy”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	kärṣtā-
Lexeme variants:	pkarstas
Person:	second
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	imperative
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	imperative
Stem class:	1
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2	pkrāsta	pkarstas
3

Lexeme family

• kärstā-
  • kärstā- “to cut off, destroy” gv
    • karstau “interruption”

      	sg
      nom	karstau
      acc	karstau

      • kärstautstse “~ interrupted, stammering [said of the voice]”

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	kärstautstse
        acc		kärstautstsai

    • kärstauca “one who cuts off, destroys” agnt.m/f

      	sg	pl
      nom	kärstauca	kärstaucañ

    • kärstā- “to cut off, destroy” gv.prs6

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      2	kärsnāt
      3	karsnaṃ, kärsnān-me	kärsnoyeñ-c, karsnaṃ	kärsnātär	kärsnāntär

      • kärsnāmane “cutting” part.prs6

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	kärsnāmane	kärsnāmane	kärsnāmane	kärsnāmane
        acc	kärsnāmane	kärsnāmane	kärsnāmane	kärsnāmane

    • kärstā- “to cut off, destroy” gv.subj5

      	sg.act	sg.mid
      1	karstoym	karstoymar
      2	kärstoyt
      3	krāstäṃ	karstoytär, karstoytär-ñ

      • kärstalyñe “to cut off, destroy” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	kärstalyñe
        acc	kärstalyñe

      • eṅkärstātte “to cut off, destroy” priv.subj5

        	sg.m
        nom	eṅkärstātte

      • karstatsi “to cut off, destroy” inf.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	karstatsi
        acc	karstatsi

    • kärstā- “to cut off, destroy” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	sg.mid
      1	kärstāwa
      2		kärstātai
      3	karsta, kärstā-c	kärstāte, kärstāte-ne

      • kärstau “having been cut off” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	kärstoṣ, kärstau	kärstoṣ	kärstauwa
        acc	kärstoṣ	kärstoṣ	kärstauwa

    • kärstā- “to cut off, destroy” gv.imp1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	pkrāsta	pkarstas

Occurrences

pkarstas

1

THT 1295 b1

• ñi yes āś

pkarsta(s)

/// b2 /// lkātsi