riṣakäśśi

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Meaning:	“sage”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	rṣāke
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. ṛṣi-
Lexeme variants:	riṣakäśśi; riṣakiśśi; rīṣakśi
Number:	plural
Case:	genitive
Gender:	masculine

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	riṣak	riṣaki
voc
acc	riṣakäṃ
gen	riṣakyāp	riṣakäśśi
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl		riṣaksā
all	riṣaknac
caus

Lexeme family

• riṣak “sage” m

  	sg	pl
  nom	riṣak	riṣaki
  acc	riṣakäṃ
  gen	riṣakyāp	riṣakäśśi
  perl		riṣaksā
  all	riṣaknac

  • riṣakune “status of sage, sanctity” n

    	sg
    nom	riṣakune
    acc	riṣakune

  • riṣakeṃ “of a sage”

    	sg.m
    nom	riṣakeṃ
    acc	riṣakeṃ

Occurrences

rīṣakśi

1

A 220 a2

/// a2 8σ ///

rīṣakśi

; kärsoräṣ : cami

riṣakiśśi

1

A 434 b8

kälkā-ṃ riṣaki /// b8

riṣakiśśi

pkaṃ kāpñe ku ///

riṣakäśśi

1	A 98 b6	weñār ta b6 ///	riṣakäśśi	tsopa – – – täk tmäṣ
2	A 273 a3	(retweyo) (:) (cem-äk) (akṣari)	(ri)ṣakäśśi	raritwuṣ : mā nu
3	YQ I.9 a6	/// (a)rāḍeṃ udrakenäṣṣ aci	riṣakäśśi	märkampal papräṅkuräṣ ṣäk pukul
4	YQ II.3 a4	/// ñ kākkurā ;	riṣakäśśi	; lāntac ytsi :