yirṣānte

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Meaning:	“to show respect, affection”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	yärs-
Lexeme variants:	yirṣānte
Person:	third
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1				yärṣāmai
2
3				yärṣāte	yirṣānte

Lexeme family

• yärs-
  • yärs- “to show respect, affection” gv
    • yärs- “to show respect, affection” gv.prs2

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	yärsemār	yirsemtär
      3	yarṣtär

      • yärsemane “showing respect, affection” part.prs2

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	yärsemane	yärsemane	yärsemane	yärsemane
        acc	yärsemane	yärsemane	yärsemane	yärsemane

    • yärs- “to show respect, affection” gv.pret1

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	yärṣāmai
      3	yärṣāte	yirṣānte

    • yärs- “to show respect, affection” gv.subj2
      • yärṣalñe “to show respect, affection” abstr.n.subj2

        	sg
        nom	yärṣalñe
        acc	yärṣalñe

      • yärṣalle “to show respect, affection” part.subj2

        	sg.m
        nom	yärṣalle
        all	yärṣalleśc

Occurrences

yirṣānte

1

THT 108 a8

maitare pañikte käṣṣiñiś kekamoṣ

yirṣānte

॥ puṣṇāvatiṃne ॥ mahāśra