nrainta
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| Meaning: | “hell” |
| Word class: | noun |
| Language: | TB |
| Equivalent in TA: | ñare |
| Equivalent in other languages: | Skt. niraya- |
| Lexeme variants: | nrainta |
| Number: | plural |
| Case: | nominative; accusative |
| Gender: | alternating |
| Inflection class: | |
| Nom. sg. (masc.): | -Ø |
| Obl. sg. (masc.): | -Ø |
| Nom. pl. (masc.): | -nta |
Paradigm
| sg | pl | du | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nom | nrai | nrainta | |
| voc | |||
| acc | nrai | nrainta | |
| gen | nraintse | ||
| loc | nraine | nraintane | |
| comit | |||
| inst | |||
| abl | nraimeṃ | ||
| perl | nraisa | ||
| all | |||
| caus |
Lexeme family
- nrai “hell”
n
sg pl nom nrai nrainta acc nrai nrainta gen nraintse loc nraine nraintane abl nraimeṃ perl nraisa - nraiṣṣe “pertaining to hell”
sg.m pl.m pl.f nom nraiṣṣe nraiṣṣana acc nraiṣṣe nraiṣṣana gen nraiṣṣeṃts
- nraiṣṣe “pertaining to hell”
Occurrences
nrainta
| 1 | IOL Toch 865 b2 | • se aviśsa warñai | (n)r(ainta) | /// b3 /// (kä)r(ts)auw(ñ)e |
| 2 | PK AS 19.21 a2 | we(r) (ya)n-me m(i)l(ār)ṣ(e) ette | nrainta | oktä – – – – – – – – – – – – – – /// a3 |
| 3 | THT 18 b5 | ; kroścana toṃ ; | nrainta | skente ; okt /// |
| 4 | THT 45 b3 | keṃ ; ñor ṣukt | nrainta | toṃ ; tmān(e) ñul(tse) |
| 5 | THT 1335.a a3 | kliñiñ krui apiś warñai | nrainta | a4 /// mim ñäś |
