brāhmaṇeṃts

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Meaning:	“brahman”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	brāmaṃ
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. brāhmaṇa-
Lexeme variants:	brāhmaṇeṃts; brāhmaṇents; brāhmaṇets; brāhmaṇentsä
Number:	plural
Case:	genitive
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-eṃ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	brāhmaṇe	brāhmaṇi
voc	brāhmaṇa
acc	brāhmaṇeṃ
gen	brāhmaṇentse, brāhmaṇi	brāhmaṇeṃts
loc
comit
inst
abl	brāhmaṇeṃmpa
perl
all		brāhmaṇeṃśc
caus

Lexeme family

• brāhmaṇe “brahman” m

  	sg	pl
  nom	brāhmaṇe	brāhmaṇi
  voc	brāhmaṇa
  acc	brāhmaṇeṃ
  gen	brāhmaṇentse, brāhmaṇi	brāhmaṇeṃts
  abl	brāhmaṇeṃmpa
  all		brāhmaṇeṃśc

  • brāhmaññe “pertaining to a Brahmin”

    	sg.m
    nom	brāhmaññe
    acc	brāhmaññe

  • brāhmaṇiśke “Little Brahmin [diminutive]” m

    	sg
    nom	brāhmaṇiśke
    voc	brāhmaṇiśka

Occurrences

brāhmaṇentsä

1

THT 572 a5

(pe)rñeṣṣe tau(pe) /// a5

brāhmaṇentsä

āyor krentäṃ ts aiśaumyeṃts

brāhmaṇents

1

THT 87.a b2

• tso·e /// b2

brāhmaṇen(ts)

/// b3 we –

brāhmaṇets

1

THT 83 a5

॥ walo weṣṣäṃ larekka

brāhmaṇets

āyor aiskau-c ॥ ///

brāhmaṇeṃts

1	IOL Toch 700 b1	tu sā /// b1	brāhmaṇeṃts	no /// b2 k·e
2	THT 85 b1	(॥) (tumeṃ) (wa)lo mñcuṣkeṃ	brāhmaṇeṃts	(āyormeṃ) (mi)b2wamane la(klene) (ṣamäṃ)
3	THT 351 a2	/// skam· /// a2	brāhmaṇeṃts	rekauna /// /// walo