yaṣtär

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Meaning:	“to excite, touch (sexually)”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	yäs-
Lexeme variants:	yaṣtär

Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	present
Stem class:	2
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3				yaṣtär	ysentär

Lexeme family

yäs-
- yäs- “to touch (sexually)” kaus
  - yäs- “to touch (sexually)” kaus.subj9b
    - ysissi “to touch (sexually)” inf.n.subj9b
      
      sg
      
      nom ysissi
      
      acc ysissi
- yäs- “to excite, touch (sexually)” gv
  - ysalya “excitation, discord” f
    
    sg
    
    nom ysalya
    
    acc ysalyai
    
    gen ysalyantse
    - ysalyṣe “pertaining to excitation, discord”
      
      sg.m
      
      nom ysalyṣe
      
      acc ysalyṣe
  - yäs- “to excite, touch (sexually)” gv.prs2
    
    sg.mid pl.mid
    
    3 yaṣtär ysentär
  - yäs- “to excite, touch (sexually)” gv.subj2
    - yaṣñe “to excite, touch (sexually)” abstr.n.subj2
      
      sg
      
      nom yaṣñe
      
      acc yaṣñe

Occurrences

yaṣtär