ṣulis

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Meaning:	“mountain”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	ṣale
Lexeme variants:	ṣulis; ṣūlis
Number:	singular
Case:	genitive
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-añ

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	ṣul	ṣulañ
voc
acc	ṣul	ṣulas
gen	ṣulis
loc	ṣulaṃ
comit
inst
abl	ṣuläṣ	ṣulasäṣ
perl		ṣulasā
all	ṣulac
caus

Lexeme family

• ṣul “mountain” m

  	sg	pl
  nom	ṣul	ṣulañ
  acc	ṣul	ṣulas
  gen	ṣulis
  loc	ṣulaṃ
  abl	ṣuläṣ	ṣulasäṣ
  perl		ṣulasā
  all	ṣulac

  • ṣuliñc “northern”

    	sg.m
    nom	ṣuliñc
    acc	ṣuliñcäṃ

  • ṣulyi “mountainous, of a mountain”

    	sg.m	pl.m
    nom		ṣuliñi
    acc	ṣulyiṃ	ṣulinäs

  • ṣleṃ “mountainous (?)”

    	sg.m
    nom	ṣleṃ

Occurrences

ṣulis

1	A 12 a3	lyukrā särki ymāṃ hi(mava)a3nt	ṣulis	ālakäñ-caṃ lyutanaṃ yeṣ tmaṃ
2	A 43 and 52 b1	(sne) mewlune sne w(ā)sklune	ṣulis	tsäṅkraśśäl tāb2skmāṃ wākmatsäṃ tampewātsäṃ
3	A 43 and 52 b5	ṣom peyo b5 cakravār	ṣulis	mrācaṃ kārp – ///
4	A 48 b2	b2 – – – (ka)kmu uday	ṣulis	mrācaṃ kā(rp) /// b3
5	A 231 a5	14σ 4σ /// ;	(ṣu)lis	krant ; tmäṣ wcaṃ
6	A 287 and 259 a3	(nu) (tāpärk) (plāc) (kukkuṭapāt)	(ṣulis)	(uttar) kälymeyaṃ kärsnālyi •
7	A 287 and 259 a6	wärkänt spārtwäṣluneyo okāk ku(kkuṭa)a6(pāt)	(ṣulis)	(cwaṅke) (wākäṣluneyis) (pratiha)ri pälkāluneyo
8	A 287 and 259 b7	(kori)syo asaṃkhesyo wrasañ kukkuṭapāt	ṣulis	uttar käl(ym)e(yaṃ) b8 ///
9	A 380 b2	·s· naṃ ॥ uṭai	ṣulis	; mrācaṃ ṣtmo ;
10	A 394 b4	wsokoneyo waṣtäṣ läc himavant	(ṣu)lis	posac ālakäṃ
11	A 447 a2	tmäṣ ptāñkät käṣṣi uday	ṣulis	mrā(caṃ) /// a3
12	YQ I.8 b4	weñam päklyoṣ naṣ himavant	ṣulis	kälymeb5(yaṃ) /// (tā)m nu
13	YQ I.10 a4	kaklyuṣuräṣ bādhari brāhmaṃ pāṣānak	ṣua5(lis)	/// ṣ mñe kärṣto