ṣamānentsa

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Meaning:	“monk”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	ṣāmaṃ
Lexeme variants:	ṣamānentsa; ṣamāneṃtsa
Number:	plural
Case:	perlative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-eṃ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	ṣamāne	ṣamāni
voc		ṣamāni
acc	ṣamāneṃ	ṣamāneṃ
gen	ṣamānentse	ṣamāneṃts
loc
comit
inst
abl		ṣamānenmeṃ
perl		ṣamānentsa
all		ṣamāneṃśc
caus

Lexeme family

• ṣamāne “monk” m

  	sg	pl
  nom	ṣamāne	ṣamāni
  voc		ṣamāni
  acc	ṣamāneṃ	ṣamāneṃ
  gen	ṣamānentse	ṣamāneṃts
  abl		ṣamānenmeṃ
  perl		ṣamānentsa
  all		ṣamāneṃśc

  • ṣamāññe “pertaining to a monk, monastic” “monkhood”

    	sg.m
    nom	ṣamāññe
    acc	ṣamāññe
    loc	ṣamāññene
    comit	ṣamāññempa
    abl	ṣamāññemeṃ

    • ṣamāññeṣṣe “pertaining to monkshood”

      	sg.m
      nom	ṣamāññeṣṣe
      acc	ṣamāññeṣṣe

Occurrences

ṣamāneṃtsa

1

IOL Toch 210 b5

raso tsamtsi ॥ lamalyesa

ṣamāneṃ(t)s(a)

///

ṣamānentsa

1	IOL Toch 247 a6	tsamtsi • ॥ lamallesa	ṣamānentsa	yamaskemanesa • yärmaṃssu yamaṣälle
2	IOL Toch 248 b1	tsāltalye eñcīträ • ceu	ṣamānentsa	• ṣamānents āksaṣälle •
3	THT 215 b2	kä /// 1σ b2	ṣamānentsa	; wawārpau ; gra(hanmane)
4	THT 221 a5	täñ swa /// 16σ	(ṣamāne)b1ntsa	; wawārp(au) ; grahanman(e)
5	THT 325 a2	keñintane lāmaṃne klyiye trāppaṃ	ṣamānentsa	śār kl· /// a3