saintsamai

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Meaning:	“(mid.) to lean on, rely on”; “(inf.) to staunch (blood)”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	se-
Lexeme variants:	saintsamai
Person:	first
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	3
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• sain-
  • sain- “(mid.) to lean on, rely on” “(inf.) to staunch (blood)” gv
    • saitsi “(mid.) to lean on, rely on” “(inf.) to staunch (blood)” n

      	sg
      nom	saitsi
      acc	saitsi

    • sain- “(mid.) to lean on, rely on” “(inf.) to staunch (blood)” gv.prs10a

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	sainaṣṣītär, sainastär	sainaskentär

    • sain- “(mid.) to lean on, rely on” “(inf.) to staunch (blood)” gv.subj1

      	pl.mid
      3	sainäntär

      • saintsi “(mid.) to lean on, rely on” “(inf.) to staunch (blood)” inf.n.subj1

        	sg
        nom	saintsi
        acc	saintsi

      • saille “(mid.) to lean on, rely on” “(inf.) to staunch (blood)” part.subj1

        	sg.m
        nom	saille

    • sain- “(mid.) to lean on, rely on” “(inf.) to staunch (blood)” gv.pret3

      	sg.mid
      1	saintsamai

      • sasainu “(mid.) to lean on, rely on” “(inf.) to staunch (blood)” part.pret3

        	sg.m
        nom	sasainu

    • sain- “(mid.) to lean on, rely on” “(inf.) to staunch (blood)” gv.imp3

      	sg.mid
      2	psainar