amāc

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Meaning:	“minister, counsellor [of a king]”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	āmāś
Lexeme variants:	amāc; amācä
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-äṃ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-änta

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	amāc	amācänta
voc
acc		amācänta
gen
loc
comit		amācäntampa
inst
abl	amācäś
perl		amācäntasa
all	amāciṃśc	amācäntaśc
caus

Lexeme family

• amāc “minister, counsellor [of a king]” m

  	sg	pl
  nom	amāc	amācänta
  acc		amācänta
  comit		amācäntampa
  abl	amācäś
  perl		amācäntasa
  all	amāciṃśc	amācäntaśc

  • amāciññe “pertaining to a minister”

    	sg.m
    nom	amāciññe
    acc	amāciññe

Occurrences

amāc

1	PK AS 12B a1	·s· kl(aut)s(ai)n(e) pästänn(e) •	am(ā)c	weṣṣä(ṃ) • o(roc)cu w(a)lo
2	PK AS 12B b6	te kärsänatä • yulyka	amāc	weṣṣäṃ • s(e) ñäke
3	PK AS 12J b2	b2 täne	amāc	aiśai mäsketär b3 läc
4	PK NS 59 b5	b5 /// – wa(r)tone	am(ā)c{†ä}	natr· ///
5	PK NS 89 a3	/// a3 /// bh(i)ruke	amāc	lukaskemane yṣintse ksa ///
6	PK NS 89 a5	a5 /// (r)īne ॥	amāc	weṣṣäṃ ñakta i ///
7	THT 16 b5	(po) (tw) (akṣā-ne) ;	(amā)c	masa ; lānte tw
8	THT 18 a1	po tw akṣā-ne ;	amāc	masa ; lānte tw
9	THT 126 b1	manmatsana we /// b1	amāc	su nauṣ weña ///
10	THT 348 b5	/// b5 /// candre	amā(c)	///
11	THT 382 b8	/// b8 /// ॥	amāc	weṣṣäṃ pañäktäññe pe ///
12	THT 423 a2	a1 /// a2 ///	amāc	y· /// a3 ///
13	THT 585 b2	peñya – b2 ///	amāc	weṣṣä(ṃ) b3 /// empreṃ
14	THT 1501 b2	/// – r·a ne	amāc	weṣṣäṃ ॥ ma ca
15	THT 1550 b3	twe ce wänte :	amāc	nta – /// b4

amācä

1	IOL Toch 738 b2	/// r·e wāka	amācä	ṣp – ///
2	PK AS 12B b5	• yulyka weṣṣäṃ •	amācä	• mäk(te) /// b6