pāṣtsi

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Meaning:	“protection, to protect”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	pāṣtsi; pāssi
Number:	singular
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	2
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-i
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	pāṣtsi
voc
acc	pāṣtsi
gen	pāssintse
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• pāsk-
  • pāsk- “to protect, to observe (rules), practice” “beware of” gv
    • pāsk- “to protect, to observe (rules), practice” “beware of” gv.prs2

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	paskemar	paskemntär
      3		paskentär, paskentär-c

      • paṣṣeñca “protecting, observing (rules), practicing” “being beware of” ptcp.prs2

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	paṣṣeñca	paṣṣeñca	paṣṣeñcañ	paṣṣeñcañ

      • paṣṣalle “protecting” part.prs2

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	paṣṣalle	paṣṣalyi

    • pāsk- “to protect, to observe (rules), practice” “beware of” gv.subj2

      	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	pāskem	paṣṣīmar
      2			paṣṣītär
      3		paṣṣītär, pāṣtär	paṣṣīyentär

      • paṣṣalñe “to protect, to observe (rules), practice” “beware of” abstr.n.subj2

        	sg
        nom	paṣṣalñe
        acc	paṣṣalñe

      • pāṣtsi “protection, to protect” inf.n.subj2

        	sg
        nom	pāṣtsi
        acc	pāṣtsi
        gen	pāssintse

      • apāṣṣätte “to protect, to observe (rules), practice” “beware of” priv.subj2

        	sg.m
        nom	apāṣṣätte

    • pāsk- “to protect, to observe (rules), practice” “beware of” gv.pret1

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	paṣṣāmai
      2	paṣṣatai
      3		paṣṣānte

      • papāṣṣu “having been protected/practiced” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	papāṣṣoṣ, papāṣṣu	papāṣṣoṣ	papāṣwa
        acc	papāṣṣoṣ	papāṣṣoṣ	papāṣwa
        gen		papāṣṣoṣäṃts

        • papāṣṣorñe “moral behavior” msg.pret1

          	sg
          nom	papāṣṣorñe
          acc	papāṣṣorñe
          gen	papāṣṣorñentse
          loc	papāṣṣorñene
          perl	papāṣṣorñesa

          • papāṣṣorñeṣṣe “pertaining moral behavior” pret1

            	sg.m	pl.m
            nom	papāṣṣorñeṣṣe
            acc	papāṣṣorñeṣṣe	papāṣṣorñeṣṣeṃ

    • pāsk- “to protect, to observe (rules), practice” “beware of” gv.imp1

      	pl.mid
      2	pāṣṣat

Occurrences

pāssi

1	IOL Toch 92 a1	po āñmtsa śaultsa wärpanall(e)	p(ā)ss(i)	a2 /// °naṃ śaul
2	IOL Toch 92 b4	pelaikne b4 /// (śau)l(t)sa	pāssi	wärpoṣ saimne ykūweṣ takarṣkeṃ
3	PK AS 7A b1	b1 /// ; (śī)l	pāssi	; ket śīl klyomo
4	PK NS 130 and 192 a4	·ts· m(ai)yy(ā)w (c)e śāsaṃ	pāssi	: e(mprenmaṣṣe) /// a5
5	THT 22 a7	yātka śak krenta ;	pāssi	wnolmeṃ ; yā(mo)rnta :
6	THT 286 a2	lareṃ śaultsa ; śīl	pāssi	nwi ; (śau)ltsa
7	THT 1102 a2	/// /// (śaultsa) (wä)rpoṣ	pāssi	• saimne ykuweṣ takarṣ{k}eṃ
8	THT 1403.c b1	ceṃt· /// b1 ///	pāssi	m· /// b2 ///

pāṣtsi

1	IOL Toch 211 a1	a1 °mp·	pāṣtsi	– /// a2 kakraupau
2	PK AS 7O a5	ṣañ śaultsa olypo aikne	pāṣtsi	pa(pāṣṣorñe) /// a6
3	THT 44 b8	su nauṣ campya ;	pāṣtsi	anaiśai ; ṣamāññe 60-2
4	THT 245 b1	epästye twe ; pälsko	pāṣtsi	– – – – ; b2 täṅwät