arāš

This lexeme is found in a festival text preserved on New Hittite tablets.

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acc. pl. or gen. sg.(?)	a-ra-aš	KUB 35.163 ii 23’	(CTH 753, NS)
	a-ra-˹a˺[-aš]	KBo 13.265 5’	(CTH 753, NS)

Carruba 1970a:51 suggests a nominative/accusative singular under the assumption that it is an s-stem. An assignment as accusative plural common gender is also suggested by Carruba 1972a:53, who expects a direct object from the verb takkuranda. On the other hand, it could be nominative plural instead, in which case takkuranda would be a medio-passive form, but this less likely in view of the synatctic analysis of the whole clause. Furthermore, it could a genitive singular dependent on the following noun. Therefore, any interpretation must be considered tentative until the meanign of the word is uncovered.

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Checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv).

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No semantic assignment is offered in Carruba 1970a:51 or in Tischler 2008a:23.

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