spärkālñe

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Meaning:	“to disappear, perish”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	spärkālñe
Number:	singular
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	5
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-nta

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	spärkālñe
voc
acc	spärkālñe
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• spärkā-
  • spärkā- “to disappear, perish” gv
    • spärkā- “to disappear, perish” gv.prs3

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	spärkītär, spärketär, spärketär-ne	spärkentär

    • spärkā- “to disappear, perish” gv.subj5

      	sg.mid
      3	spärkoytär

      • spärkālñe “to disappear, perish” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	spärkālñe
        acc	spärkālñe

      • spärkālle “disappearing” part.subj5

        	sg.m
        nom	spärkālle
        acc	spärkālye

    • spärkā- “to disappear, perish” gv.pret1

      	sg.act
      3	sparkā-ne

      • spärkau “to disappear, perish” part.pret1

        	sg.m
        nom	spärkau

  • spärk- “to cause to disappear, destroy” kaus
    • spärk- “to cause to disappear, destroy” kaus.prs9b

      	sg.act
      3	ṣparkäṣṣäṃ

      • ṣpärkaṣṣälle “to cause to disappear, destroy” part.prs9b

        	sg.m
        nom	ṣpärkaṣṣälle

    • spärk- “to cause to disappear, destroy” kaus.subj9b

      	sg.act
      3	ṣparkäṣṣi

      • ṣpärkastsi “to cause to disappear, destroy” inf.n.subj9b

        	sg
        nom	ṣpärkastsi
        acc	ṣpärkastsi

      • ṣparkäṣälñe “to cause to disappear, destroy” abstr.n.subj9b

        	sg
        nom	ṣparkäṣälñe
        acc	ṣparkäṣälñe
        perl	ṣparkäṣälñesa

    • spärk- “to cause to disappear, destroy” kaus.pret2

      	sg.mid
      2	ṣpyarkatai-ne

  • spärk- “to get lost, go astray” agv
    • spärk- “to get lost, go astray” agv.subj2

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	ṣparśaṃ	ṣpärkeṃ

Occurrences

spärkālñe

1	PK AS 7H a6	(wäntarwa)ṃ(ts) ; ś(r)aṃts tūsa	spärkālñe	westrä 2 kauṣentañ krui
2	PK AS 7I a1	: śak wäntarwaṃts ;	spärkālñe	; kälpāsträ ; pärnāññanantso
3	THT 44 a4	; (k)ā(d)ikentse ; cwi	spärkālñe	(:) naivasaṃjñāṃ ceu ;
4	THT 48 a6	(yś)elmi piś-yäkne : snai	spärkālñe	; /// 11σ a7
5	THT 409 b5	śi /// b5 ///	spärkālñe	po wäntarwa yänmānträ ॥