asaṃkhyainta

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Meaning:	an innumerable long period of time
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	asaṃkhe
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. asaṃkhyeya- "an innumerable multitude; an exceedingly large number"
Lexeme variants:	asaṃkhyainta; āsaṃkhyainta
Number:	plural
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-ai
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-ai
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ainta

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	asaṃkhyai	asaṃkhyainta
voc
acc	asaṃkhyai	asaṃkhyainta
gen	asaṃkhyaintse
loc	asaṃkhyaine
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• asaṃkhyai an innumerable long period of time n

  	sg	pl
  nom	asaṃkhyai	asaṃkhyainta
  acc	asaṃkhyai	asaṃkhyainta
  gen	asaṃkhyaintse
  loc	asaṃkhyaine

  • asaṃkhyaiṣṣe “pertaining to an incalculably long period of time”

    	sg.f
    acc	asaṃkhyaiṣṣai

  • asaṃkhyaintaṣṣe “pertaining to incalculably long periods of time”

    	sg.f
    acc	asaṃkhyaintaṣṣai

Occurrences

āsaṃkhyainta

1

THT 220 a1

; wärpāte • tary=

āsaṃkhy(ai)nta

; kelts= empelona ;

asaṃkhyainta

1	IOL Toch 10 b3	tapakiṣṣe yerpeb3(sa) /// (ta)rya	asaṃkhyainta	lalaskemane : 1 temeṃ
2	IOL Toch 375 b2	ṣme /// b2 ///	(a)saṃkhyainta	ka – ka l·
3	THT 37 b2	(a)b2rttate cewmeṃ nauṣä-k tary=	asaṃkhyainta	/// b3 – ṣṇe
4	THT 206 a2	skeyi kesenträ 30-7 (ka)lpanma	a(saṃkhyainta)	/// a3 /// (poyśiñ=)
5	THT 359 a4	ā /// a4 rya	asaṃkhyainta	kante kalpanmane ainakeṃ saṃ
6	THT 591 b6	; karu(ṃ) aiśamñe ;	asaṃkhyainta	; kalpanmaṣṣai ; lālyīs=
7	THT 1119 a2	(pre)ściyaine kante kalpanma tar(ya)	(asaṃ)khy(ai)nta	lalaṣṣäṃ a3 ākene