ritta

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Meaning:	“to be attached to, linked to, persist, to be suitable”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	ritwā-
Lexeme variants:	ritta
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1	rittāwa
2
3	ritta

Lexeme family

• rittā-
  • ritt- “to connect, adapt, set about, to translate” kaus
    • ritt- “to connect, adapt, set about, to translate” kaus.prs9b

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	rittäskau
      3	rittäṣṣäṃ	rittäskeṃ, rittäskeñ-c, rittäsken-me

      • rittäskemane “connecting, adapting, setting about” “translating” part.prs9b

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	rittäskemane	rittäskemane	rittäskemane	rittäskemane
        acc	rittäskemane	rittäskemane	rittäskemane	rittäskemane

      • rittäṣṣälle “connecting” part.prs9b

        	sg.m
        nom	rittäṣṣälle

      • rittäṣṣeñca “connecting, adapting, setting about” “translating” ptcp.prs9b

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m
        nom	rittäṣṣeñca	rittäṣṣeñca	rittäṣṣeñcañ

    • ritt- “to connect, adapt, set about, to translate” kaus.pret2

      	sg.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      2	raittasta
      3		raittate	raittante

      • rerittu “to connect, adapt, set about, to translate” part.pret2

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	rerittoṣ, rerittu	rerittoṣ
        acc	rerittoṣ	rerittoṣ

    • ritt- “to connect, adapt, set about, to translate” kaus.subj9b
      • rittästsi “to connect, adapt, set about, to translate” inf.n.subj9b

        	sg
        nom	rittästsi
        acc	rittästsi

  • rittā- “to be attached to, linked to, persist, to be suitable” gv
    • raitwe “combination, juncture, attachment” n

      	sg	pl
      nom	raitwe	raitwenta
      acc	raitwe	raitwenta

    • rittā- “to be attached to, linked to, persist, to be suitable” gv.prs3

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1		rittemntär
      3	rittetär, rittetär-me

    • rittā- “to be attached to, linked to, persist, to be suitable” gv.subj5

      	sg.mid
      3	rittoytär, rittātär

      • rittālñe “to be attached to, linked to, persist, to be suitable” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	rittālñe
        acc	rittālñe
        abl	rittālñemeṃ
        perl	rittālñesa

    • rittā- “to be attached to, linked to, persist, to be suitable” gv.pret1

      	sg.act
      1	rittāwa
      3	ritta

      • rittau “having been attached” part.pret1

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	rittoṣ, rittau	rittausa	rittoṣ	rittauwa
        acc	rittoṣ		rittoṣ	rittauwa

    • rittā- “to be attached to, linked to, persist, to be suitable” gv.imp

      	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      2	prittāso	pärrittar	pärīttat