niqašla-^(d)

This lexeme is found on two steles, of which LW 80 is dated by Gusmani 1975b:12 on paleographic grounds to the 4^th century BCE.

[D.S.]

3sg. pres. act.	niqaašlad	LW 14.6 (Sardis)
	niqašlad	LW 80.6 (Sardis)

The grammatical interpretation of niqašlad has been debated; cf. Gusmani 1964a:174, Gusmani 1975b:18. Sasseville 2021a:112 argues for a denominative verb in -a-^(d) by pleading against a neuter form of an adjective in -l(i)-, since the paradigm of this suffix has extended the i-mutation to the neuter gender (see Sasseville 2017a).

[D.S.]

The meaning of niqašlad depends on the semantic assignment of niqašl(i)-, qašl(i)- and qaša- as well as on its morphological analysis; cf. under stem. Based on the context, the action of the verb appears to be performed by a person, i.e. probably the niqašl(i)- ‘the one who does not rent out (the grave)’. Therefore, the verb could mean ‘to act as the one who refrains from renting out’. For the semantics of denominative verbs derived from agent nouns, see Sasseville 2021a:110f.

[D.S.]

As discussed in Sasseville 2021a:112, niqašla-^(d) is a denominative verb in -a-^(d) derived from either niqašl(i)- or a non-attested *niqašla- c.

[D.S.]

For the lemma head see Lyd. qaša-.