śāmnasa

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Meaning:	“man, person, human”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	śom
Lexeme variants:	śāmnasa
Number:	plural
Case:	perlative
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

śāmnasa

1	PK AS 17D a4	; ātstse krentäṃ ;	(śā)mn(a)sa	: yaltse (kṣā)trī;ñī säsw{eṃ}
2	THT 91 b6	samp eṅwe ste po	śāmnas(a)	(oṃ)ṣ(a)p{†ä} lkātsi ste ॥
3	THT 1449.e b4	/// ·e neṃ po	śāmnasa	– /// b5 ///
4	THT 2749 and 2818 a2	a2 /// kne ñu	śāmnasa	śwaiylyāṅk yap ·e –