śāmnaś

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Meaning:	“man, person, human”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	śom
Lexeme variants:	śāmnaś

Number:	plural
Case:	ablative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-o
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-oṃ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-na

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	śaumo	śāmna	śāmni
voc
acc	śaumoṃ	śāmna	śāmni
gen	śaumontse	śāmnaṃts
loc		śāmnane
comit		śāmnampa
inst
abl		śāmnaś
perl	śaumontsa	śāmnasa
all
caus

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

Occurrences

śāmnaś

1

(ne)ṣmye nāki ; krentäṃ