riyac

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Meaning:	“city”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	rīye
Lexeme variants:	riyac
Number:	singular
Case:	allative
Gender:	feminine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-i
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-i
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-iñ

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	ri, ri-k	riñ
voc
acc	ri, ri-k	ris
gen	riyis
loc	riyaṃ	risaṃ
comit
inst
abl	riyäṣ	risäṣ
perl	riyā
all	riyac
caus

Lexeme family

• ri “city” f

  	sg	pl
  nom	ri, ri-k	riñ
  acc	ri, ri-k	ris
  gen	riyis
  loc	riyaṃ	risaṃ
  abl	riyäṣ	risäṣ
  perl	riyā
  all	riyac

  • riṃ “belonging to a city”

    	pl.m
    acc	rinäs
    abl	riṃsäṣ

  • riṣi “of a city”

    	sg.m
    nom	riṣi

Occurrences

riyac

1	A 145 b6	– b6 /// sudarśaṃ	riyac	kātse ñäkciṃ wäryo ywic
2	A 269 and 290 a2	kuc ne /// (bārāṇas)	(riyac)	(kā)a3tse rṣivadaṃ wärtaṃ cesäm
3	A 269 and 290 a4	picäs ṣā(mnā)ñ ; (riyäṣ)	(riyac)	; (ypeyäṣ) (ypeyac) ;
4	A 395 a3	nāpak kälkoṣ manärkāñ sāket	{ri}yac	yeñc priyadattes eṃtsālune prasenaji
5	A 431 a2	a2 /// m tsātsäwṣuräṣ{†ä}	riyac	kälk sām penu ///
6	THT 4083.f a4	yräcai a4	riyac	pk{ant} b2
7	YQ I.9 b8	(bra)m ñäktes kākkurā bārāṇasi	riya (c)	(kātse)
8	YQ II.1 a7	(märkampalṣi) ; (bā)rāṇas ;	riyac	kātse : 1 ॥
9	YQ III.1 a2	gautami lywāa2(-ñi) /// (kapilavās)tu	riyac	śmäl naṣ prutkoṣṣ oki
10	YQ III.2 a2	śuddhodaṃ lānt māa2(car) ///	riyac	yeṣ tām praṣṭaṃ śākkiñ
11	YQ III.4 b5	/// (kä)ṣṣi kapilavāstu	riyac	śmäl naṣ ॥ tmäṣ
12	YQ III.11 a1	(bārāṇa)a1(s)	(riyac)	(kātse) /// (bārāṇas) (ri)ṣi