prekseṃ

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Meaning:	“to ask, bring up a question, ask for, beg”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	pärk-
Lexeme variants:	prekseṃ
Person:	third
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	present
Stem class:	8
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1	preksau-c
2	prekṣt
3	prekṣi-ne, prekṣäṃ, prekṣäñ-cä	prekṣiyeṃ, prekseṃ		prekṣītär

Lexeme family

• pärk-
  • pärk- “to ask, bring up a question, ask for, beg” gv
    • pärk- “to ask, bring up a question, ask for, beg” gv.prs8

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid
      1	preksau-c
      2	prekṣt
      3	prekṣi-ne, prekṣäṃ, prekṣäñ-cä	prekṣiyeṃ, prekseṃ	prekṣītär

      • prekṣalle “to ask, bring up a question, ask for, beg” part.prs8

        	sg.m	pl.f
        nom	prekṣalle	prekṣalona
        acc		prekṣalona

      • preksemane “asking, bringing up a question, asking for, begging” part.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	preksemane	preksemane	preksemane	preksemane
        acc	preksemane	preksemane	preksemane	preksemane

    • pärk- “to ask, bring up a question, ask for, beg” gv.subj1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	preku, preku-c
      2	parśit
      3	parśi-ne, prekäṃ-ne	parśyen-me, parkän-me

      • parktsi “to ask, bring up a question, ask for, beg” inf.n.subj1

        	sg
        nom	parktsi
        acc	parktsi

      • parkälle “to ask, bring up a question, ask for, beg” part.subj1

        	sg.m
        nom	parkälle

    • pärk- “to ask, bring up a question, ask for, beg” gv.pret3

      	sg.act	pl.act	pl.mid
      1	prekuwa
      3	preksa, preksa-ne	prekar	parksante-ne

      • peparku “to ask, bring up a question, ask for, beg” part.pret3

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	peparkoṣ, peparku	peparkoṣ
        acc	peparkoṣ	peparkoṣ

        • peparkor “asking, begging” abstr.pret3

          	sg
          nom	peparkor
          acc	peparkor
          abl	peparkormeṃ

    • pärk- “to ask, bring up a question, ask for, beg” gv.imp3

      	pl.mid
      2	parksat

Occurrences

prekseṃ

1	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a8	(pe)r(i) mā wasa wesanmeṃ	prekseṃ	ikäṃ trai kṣuṃa9ntsa śtarce
2	PK NS 80.2 b2	b2 /// (ya)rk(e)sa	prekseṃ	kuse te ste •
3	THT 129 a2	/// n(au)tā-ne • mälkwer	prekseṃ	wnolme(n)m(eṃ) /// a3 ///
4	THT 392 b5	/// b5 /// ñäkte	prekseṃ	• saim wästa ṣe