śastärsa

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Meaning:	“knife”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. śastra-
Lexeme variants:	śastärsa
Number:	singular
Case:	perlative
Gender:	masculine_singular
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	śastär
voc
acc	śastär
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl	śastärsa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• śastär “knife” msg

  	sg
  nom	śastär
  acc	śastär
  perl	śastärsa

Occurrences

śastärsa

1	PK NS 355 b1	/// – – – ṣṣ(e)	ś(astärsa)	lyk(a)śk(e) /// b2 ///
2	THT 85 b1	– – – – – – – – (ṣṣe) ;	(śas)tärsa	; lykaśke tāksoym ;