tsopats

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Meaning:	“big”; “immense”; “horrible”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	orotstse
Lexeme variants:	tsopats; tsopots
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-ṃ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-e

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	tsopats	tsopatsi	śāwe	śāwaṃ
voc
acc	tsopatsäṃ	tsoptsāṃ	śāwes
gen	tsoptsāp
loc			śāwesaṃ
comit
inst				śāwaṃnyo
abl			śāwesäṣ
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• tsopats “big” “immense” “horrible”

  	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
  nom	tsopats	tsopatsi	śāwe	śāwaṃ
  acc	tsopatsäṃ	tsoptsāṃ	śāwes
  gen	tsoptsāp
  loc			śāwesaṃ
  inst				śāwaṃnyo
  abl			śāwesäṣ

  • tsoptsune “size, greatness” n

    	sg
    perl	tsoptsuneyā

Occurrences

tsopats

1	A 24 a2	ptāñkät käṣyāp a2 parnoreyā	tsopats	tampes ñ· – – – – (yā)mluneyā
2	A 38 b3	°nyo cami ptāñäktaṃ	tso(pats)	/// b4 ñi cami
3	A 55 b5	wrasom tsopatsäṃ arkämnāṣiṃ wärtaṃ	tsopab6(ts)	/// ·s· käryatsum ॥
4	A 63 b1	b1 (ñäktes) (riyann) (o)ki	tsopats	kär-paräṃ pākär tāk ॥
5	A 67 b4	tkanā e b4 ///	(tso)pats	kācke kātäk ॥ tmäṣ
6	A 68 a1	(jam)budv(i)p säs ; stäk	tsopa(ts)	; /// 7σ 7σ
7	A 78 a3	1σ ; ṣpäṃ lkāl	tsopa(ts)	wäl ; caṃ wraman
8	A 98 b4	/// wärpinträ ॥ tämyo	tsopats	wäl pāpṣuñcäśśi ānāsās b5
9	A 122 b2	āmāśās b2 /// pälskes	tsopats	kācke k· b3 ///
10	A 125 and THT 1425.e and A 117 a1	॥ pättāñkät käṣṣi (träṅ)käṣ	tsop(ats)	/// (wkäṃ) pe wlalune
11	A 145 b6	kātse ñäkciṃ wäryo ywic	tsopats	tarp cäṣ antul(e) säm
12	A 196 b3	··y· /// b3 – –	tsopats	tampeñ pe /// b4
13	A 213 a5	w·kal kapśa – (10-)8	tsopats	kārme (ka)pśiññum 10-9 kāsu
14	A 221 b7	c : wät krop	tsopats	; mäskatär ; ākläṣlyeśśi
15	A 230 b3	/// 4σ 10σ ///	tsopats	; wäl nuna-k {:}
16	A 254 a7	nermitṣinäs wrassaśśäl ātli kulewāñ	tsopats	mkälto lyutār memaṣ kātkmāṃ
17	A 284 b5	śwāl /// b5 ///	(tso)pats	tāpa-ṃ ñomā ña ///
18	A 301 b7	॥ maitraṃ ॥ purpār	tsopats	wä · 0σ ;
19	A 313 b7	kāsu ; ṣokyo nu	tso{ṣ→p}ats	: puttiśparäṃ ; yśe
20	A 317 a8	ṣ pältsäṅkāṣ ṣokyo – – – –	tsopats	kär-paräṃ säm nṣac sāspär··
21	A 332 a6	träṅkäṣ ṣokyo nu knānmāñcäśśi	tsopats	/// a7 – – – ṣ{†ä}
22	A 340 b3	kū ; pākär tā(k)	(tsopa)ts	; kapśño empele :
23	A 345 a1	täm kaklyuṣuräṣ nande träṅkäṣ	tsopats	kälp napenäśśi p·ky· ts·
24	A 354 b3	s· : ptāñäktes tsraṣisā	tsopats	āñmatsumäñcsā : prātimokäṣ ṣaṣärpu
25	A 397 b1	/// naṃ nu ṣokyo	tsopats	cämplune lkātr-äṃ kuyalt(e) – –
26	A 413 a2	yśa /// a2 ///	(tso)pats	tampeñ penu ñäkci ///
27	A 422 a2	/// (av)y(a)yam •	tsopats	cämplam /// a3
28	A 426 b2	/// t· : cu	ts(opa)ts	käryā lot(klu)ne kupre yayaiva
29	A 461 a3	ā{ṅ}kar ॥ mahāśaila •	tsopats	/// a4 /// neyumiṃ
30	THT 1382.b b1	b1 /// ·o ·	tsopats	wäl ākṣiññam-ci s· –
31	THT 1473 a3	/// a3 /// eṃtsṣant	tsopats	nā māṃ naṣt –
32	THT 2153 a2	a2 /// – ṣ	tsopats	wäl kupre /// a3
33	THT 2463 a1	a1 /// – spreṃ	tsopats	mä – /// a2
34	YQ I.2 a6	se tām praṣt näṣ	tsopaa7(ts)	/// raṃ ॥ päñ
35	YQ I.3 b6	mā naṣ nākämyo :	tsopats	pälkäṣ ; käṣṣi b7
36	YQ II.5 a2	/// (wakal) (kapśañi) (10-8)	(t)s(o)pats	kārme kapśiññum 10-9 kāsu
37	YQ II.6 a4	; pākṣñā-m pācar :	tsopats	kārūṃ ; pukaṃ käa5(lymā-ṃ)
38	YQ II.10 b1	; esnaṃ wärts :	tsopats	smak kapśño ; tsātsekw
39	YQ III.7 b1	/// (saṃsā)raṃ ārkiśoṣṣiṃ spärko	tsopats	mäskatär kupre ne teṣi
40	YQ III.10 a4	॥ ptāñkät käṣṣi träṅkäṣ	tsopaa5(ts)	/// (ṣom)m (o)kāk ṣāmaṃ
41	YQ III.12 a5	yärk ; yāmurā ;	tsopats	paräṃ : wire ekre

tsopots

1	A 359 a19	a19 /// hārambhāṃ ।	tsopots	talke sne tsopots arṣ·
2	A 359 a19	। tsopots talke sne	tsopots	arṣ· /// a20 ///