srukau

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Meaning:	“having died, dead ones”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	srukau
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-au
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-oṣ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-oṣ

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	srukoṣ, srukau		srukoṣ
voc
acc	srukoṣ		srukoṣäṃ, srukoṣ
gen			srukoṣäṃts
loc
comit	srukoṣämpa
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• srukā-
  • srukā- “to die” gv
    • srukā- “to die” gv.prs3

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	srukentär	srukyentär

      • srukemane “dying” part.prs3

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	srukemane	srukemane	srukemane	srukemane
        acc	srukemane	srukemane	srukemane	srukemane

    • srukā- “to die” gv.subj5

      	sg.act
      1	sraukau
      3	srūkoy, sraukaṃ

      • srukalñe “death” abstr.m.subj5

        	sg
        nom	srukalñe
        acc	srukalñe
        gen	srukalñentse
        abl	srukalñemeṃ
        perl	srukalñesa
        all	srukalñeśc

        • srukalñeṣṣe “pertaining to death” subj5

          	sg.m	sg.f	pl.f
          nom	srukalñeṣṣe		srukalñeṣṣana
          acc	srukalñeṣṣe	srukalñeṣṣai	srukalñeṣṣana

      • srukalle “dying” part.subj5

        	sg.m
        nom	srukalle
        acc	srukalle
        gen	srukallentse
        perl	srukallesa

    • srukā- “to die” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	srukāwa	srukām
      2		srukās
      3	sruka	srukāre

      • srukau “having died, dead ones” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	srukoṣ, srukau	srukoṣ
        acc	srukoṣ	srukoṣäṃ, srukoṣ
        gen		srukoṣäṃts
        comit	srukoṣämpa

        • srukor “death” abstr.pret1

          	sg
          nom	srukor
          acc	srukor
          loc	srukorne
          abl	srukormeṃ

Occurrences

srukau

1	IOL Toch 21 a1	a1 ///	s(r)ukau	udrake rṣāke o ///
2	THT 55 b3	– – b3 /// k	srukau	– b4 /// lkāṣṣäṃ
3	THT 126 a3	– – mā lauke •	srukau	/// (ami)a4śk(ä)ññe ot •
4	THT 606 a1	walke lyat ॥ mäntak	srukau	mā waskāte ॥ tumeṃ
5	THT 1557 b3	klā – /// b3	srukau	keśne ñiś ·ai –