śāmñai
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| Meaning: | “human (as opposed to divine)”; “humanity, human existence” |
| Word class: | adjective |
| Language: | TB |
| Lexeme variants: | śāmñai |
| Number: | singular |
| Case: | accusative |
| Gender: | feminine |
| Inflection class: | |
| Nom. sg. (masc.): | -e |
| Obl. sg. (masc.): | -e |
Paradigm
| sg.m | sg.f | pl.m | pl.f | du.m | du.f | |
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| nom | śāmñe | śāmñana | ||||
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| acc | śāmñe | śāmñai | śāmñana | |||
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| perl | śāmñesa | |||||
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Lexeme family
- śaumo “man, person, human”
m
- yśāmna “among men, human beings”
- śaumoṣṣe “man, person, human”
sg.m nom śaumoṣṣe acc śaumoṣṣe gen śaumoṣṣepi - śāmñe “human (as opposed to divine)”
“humanity, human existence”
sg.m sg.f pl.f nom śāmñe śāmñana acc śāmñe śāmñai śāmñana perl śāmñesa - śamñeṣṣe “human”
sg.m nom śamñeṣṣe acc śamñeṣṣe - śamñāṃśka “girl”
f
sg nom śamñāṃśka acc śamñāṃśkai
- śamñeṣṣe “human”
Occurrences
śāmñai
| 1 | IOL Toch 5 a5 | : tā ka ṣpä | śāmñai | ; kektseñtsa ; nraiṣṣi |
| 2 | PK AS 13C b7 | ; po weśeññai ñäkcyai | śāmñai | ; nrai lwasāṣṣai preteṃṣṣai |
| 3 | THT 1107 b4 | ālīne pintwāt warpananträ alyek | śāmñai | b5 /// |
