ṣarmna

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Meaning:	“cause”; “origin, basis, ground”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	ṣurm
Lexeme variants:	ṣarmna; ṣärmnā
Number:	plural
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ana

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	ṣarm	ṣarmna
voc
acc	ṣarm	ṣarmna
gen
loc		ṣärmnane
comit
inst
abl	ṣärmameṃ
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• ṣarm “cause” “origin, basis, ground” n

  	sg	pl
  nom	ṣarm	ṣarmna
  acc	ṣarm	ṣarmna
  loc		ṣärmnane
  abl	ṣärmameṃ

Occurrences

ṣarmna

1

THT 1302 a3

– – ·m· meṃ tuntse

ṣarmna

·o a4 /// ·ā

ṣärmnā

1

THT 133 a3

ka 10-2 ākseu toṃ

ṣärm;nā

yessäṃ ; ceu ṣäp