tsärkaṣṣäṃ

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Meaning:	“to heat, burn”; “torture”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	tsärk-
Lexeme variants:	tsärkaṣṣäṃ
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	present
Stem class:	9a
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	tsärkaṣṣäṃ	tsärkaskeṃ

Lexeme family

• tsärk-
  • tsärk- “to heat, burn” “torture” gv
    • etsarkälle “self-castigation”

      	sg
      nom	etsarkälle
      acc	etsarkälle

    • tsärk- “to heat, burn” “torture” gv.prs9a

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	tsärkaṣṣäṃ	tsärkaskeṃ

    • tsärk- “to heat, burn” “torture” gv.prs3
      • tsärkelñe “burning, inflammation [of the skin]” abstr.n.prs3

        	sg
        nom	tsärkelñe
        acc	tsärkelñe
        gen	tsärkelñentse

    • tsärk- “to heat, burn” “torture” gv.subj1
      • tsärkalñe “burning” abstr.n.subj1

        	sg
        nom	tsärkalñe
        acc	tsärkalñe
        perl	tsärkalñesa

      • tsärkalle “burning” part.subj1

        	sg.m
        nom	tsärkalle

        • etsarkälletstse “zealous” subj1

          	sg.m	pl.m
          nom	etsarkälletstse	etsarkällecci

Occurrences

tsärkaṣṣäṃ

1

THT 150 b3

śaiṣ(ṣ)e /// b3 ompe-k

tsärkaṣṣäṃ

5 ṣaññä /// b4