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kartāraḥ smaḥ

Analytic formation consisting of nom.pl.masc. of kartṛ 'doer, maker' (agent noun from kṛ 'do, make', and 1pl. present form of as 'be'. Corresponds to 1pl. periphrastic future.

Linguistic Notions

Periphrasis

1. Introduction The term 'periphrasis' broadly refers to constructions in which a syntactic sequence of two (or more, at least in principle) words can be considered to represent the in...

Sanskrit Words

as, 'be'; verbal root.

kartṛ

kartṛ 'doer, agent'; agent noun to kṛ; also technical term in Aṣṭādhyāyī.

kṛ

kṛ, 'do, make'; verbal root.