astari

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Meaning:	“pure”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	āṣtär
Lexeme variants:	astari; āstr=; āstry
Number:	plural
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-eṃ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	astare	astarya	astari	astarona
voc
acc	astareṃ	astaryai		astarona
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• astare “pure”

  	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
  nom	astare	astarya	astari	astarona
  acc	astareṃ	astaryai		astarona

  • astaräññe “purity”

    	sg
    nom	astaräññe
    acc	astaräññe
    all	astaräññeśc

Occurrences

āstry

1

PK AS 4A a5

lkātsisa ; aiśamñeṣṣi ;

āstry

eśne ; po källoyeṃ

astari

1	IOL Toch 46 a1	a1 /// (o)nolm·	ast(a)ri	a2 /// (mä)sketär ॥
2	IOL Toch 766 a1	a1 ///	(a)stari	pärnā-palkäske(mane) /// a2