esmāṃ

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Meaning:	“being given”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	esmāṃ
Number:	singular; plural
Stem:	present
Stem class:	8
Valency:	transitive
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine; feminine

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	esmāṃ	esmāṃ	esmāṃ	esmāṃ
voc
acc	esmāṃ	esmāṃ	esmāṃ	esmāṃ
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• e-
  • e- “to give” gv
    • e- “to give” gv.prs8

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	esam, esam-ci
      2	eṣt
      3	eṣā, eṣ, eṣ-äk, eṣṣ-äṃ, eṣṣ-äm	eṣār, eseñc

      • eṣant “giving” ptcp.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	eṣant	eṣant
        acc			eṣäntās	eṣäntās
        gen	eṣäntāp	eṣäntāp
        abl	eṣäntānäṣ	eṣäntānäṣ

      • eṣäl “having to give, to be given” part.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	eṣäl
        acc		eṣlyāṃ
        all	eṣlac

      • esmāṃ “being given” part.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	esmāṃ	esmāṃ	esmāṃ	esmāṃ
        acc	esmāṃ	esmāṃ	esmāṃ	esmāṃ

      • essi “to give” inf.n.prs8

        	sg
        nom	essi, essi-k
        acc	essi, essi-k

    • e- “to give” gv.subj1/2

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	āyim, āyim-äṃ, em, em-ci, em-äm	āyimäs
      2	āyit, āyit-äm, et, et-ñi
      3	āyiṣ, eṣ	āyeñc

      • el “to give” part.subj1/2

        	sg.f
        nom	elyi

      • elune “to give” abstr.n.subj1/2

        	sg
        nom	elune
        acc	elune
        loc	eluneyaṃ
        inst	eluneyo
        abl	elūneyäṣ
        perl	eluneyā

Occurrences

esmāṃ

1	A 22 b5	4σ ; – ll	esmāṃ	{:} {1} sumer (ñ)äkci
2	A 232 a2	a2 tsaräṃ ; lap	esmāṃ	el ; kuppre ne
3	A 257 b1	(ñä)b1(kcinäs) s lāñcsā ke	esmāṃ	bo(dhisattvāṃ) lkālṣiṃ ākālyo wiyo
4	A 301 a5	oki : bodhisatvāñ el	esmāṃ	māski yāmläṃ wram ypa
5	YQ I.4 a6	lo ārar ; el	esmāṃ	: kātkmāṃnyo kalkar ;
6	YQ III.7 a3	gautami ; pissaṅkac ;	esmāṃ	tñi kanak a4 14σ
7	YQ III.7 b3	b3 /// (gau)t(a)mi pissaṅkac	esmāṃ	tñi näṣ penu yärkā