śīl

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Meaning:	“moral behavior”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	śil
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. śīla-
Lexeme variants:	śīl; śil
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine_singular
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	śīl
voc
acc	śīl
gen
loc	śīlne
comit	śīlmpa
inst
abl
perl	śīlsa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• śīl “moral behavior” msg

  	sg
  nom	śīl
  acc	śīl
  loc	śīlne
  comit	śīlmpa
  perl	śīlsa

  • śilaṣṣe “pertaining to moral behavior”

    	sg.m	pl.m	pl.f
    nom	śilaṣṣe		śilaṣṣana
    acc	śilaṣṣe	śilaṣṣeṃ	śilaṣṣana
    perl	śilaṣṣesa

Occurrences

śīl

1	IOL Toch 11 a8	17σ /// wrättsai (aksa)ṣṣ(i)	śīl	dhyān(a)ṃ b1 17σ ///
2	IOL Toch 44 a2	ente läññam ostameṃ mā	śīl	yamīm /// a3 ///
3	PK AS 7A b1	/// b1 /// ;	(śī)l	pāssi ; ket śīl
4	PK AS 7A b1	(śī)l pāssi ; ket	śīl	klyomo ; kurp(e)lle ;
5	THT 135 b7	weñī ṣäñ no ;	śīl	sū /// 1σ 1σ
6	THT 145 b1	/// b1 /// (y)ś(e)lme	śīl	kete prākre manta kewe
7	THT 214 a5	wesäñ a5 kärtseśc 100-50-1	śīl	aiyśamñe ; (cakkarwisa) ;
8	THT 286 a2	10-8 lareṃ śaultsa ;	śīl	pāssi nwi ;
9	THT 386 b3	k· ṣṣe se ;	śīl	westrä • /// b4
10	THT 1180 b1	/// – kuse no	śīl	e /// b2 ///
11	THT 1930 a2	ñma /// a2 ///	śīl	yai /// a3 ///

śil

1	THT 23 a5	a5 āyor sāle ;	śil	räṅkāñi ; takarṣkñe no
2	THT 133 b8	b8 ·eñcä ; ket	śil	su mā;ka prākre :
3	THT 3960.c a1	a1 ///	śil	·ru /// a2 ///