essi

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Meaning:	“to give”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	essi
Number:	singular
Stem:	present
Stem class:	8
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ntu

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	essi, essi-k
voc
acc	essi, essi-k
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

essi

1	A 42 a3	niṣpalä(ntu) /// (ā)a3nāsāśśi el	essi	/// (pre)a4tās : mā
2	A 45 a1	a1 – – el	essi	ārtaṃträ – /// a2
3	A 77 a4	cesäs śkaṃ āṅkaräs tñi	essi	– – – ॥ pr· –
4	A 111 a2	/// ñc yo wātsakäl	essi	putäk näṣ nāśye pāk
5	A 157 b3	kälpāt ākärnu° b3 ///	essi	wotka-ñi säm āsuk b4
6	A 340 a7	/// r ; tñ(i)	essi	: āyäntwāṣiñi ; kurekāri
7	THT 4245 b1	/// b1 ///	es(s)i	///
8	YQ I.6 a8	(ākā)lyo • pukis puk	essi	pratim yāmu • śäk
9	YQ II.14 a2	/// (ṣāmn)un(e)ṣiṃ wkäṃ	essi	: pukis ārtunt wkäṃ