wrā

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Meaning:	“water”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	war
Lexeme variants:	wrā
Number:	singular
Case:	perlative
Gender:	masculine; alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ntu

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	wär	wräntu
voc
acc	wär	wräntu
gen	wris
loc	wraṃ
comit
inst	wäryo	wräntuyo
abl	wräṣ	wräṃtwäṣ
perl	wrā
all
caus

Lexeme family

• wär “water” m/n

  	sg	pl
  nom	wär	wräntu
  acc	wär	wräntu
  gen	wris
  loc	wraṃ
  inst	wäryo	wräntuyo
  abl	wräṣ	wräṃtwäṣ
  perl	wrā

  • wraṣi “of water, watery”

    	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m
    nom	wraṣi		wraṣiñi
    acc	wraṣiṃ, wraṣi	wraṣiṃ

    • wri “of water, watery”

      	sg.m	pl.f
      nom	wri	wrināñ
      acc	wriṃ	wrinās

Occurrences

wrā

1	A 144 and THT 2485 b1	kokāśśi lāṃś ; tsopatsäṃ	wrā	eṣäk ; kṣāly kṣālyac
2	THT 3988.a a2	śkaṃ wramm wa tä	wrā	– । kä a3