paṣṣalle

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Meaning:	“protecting”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	paṣṣalle; paṣṣälle
Number:	singular
Stem:	present
Stem class:	2
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-e
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	paṣṣalle		paṣṣalyi
voc
acc
gen
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

paṣṣälle

1	THT 240 a1	a1 ///	paṣṣälle	• ci larenmeṃ rilñaṣṣā
2	THT 1184 a2	/// – m· ṣek	paṣṣälle	• e ·ñ· ///

paṣṣalle

1	IOL Toch 92 a3	yänmaskeṃ lykūna a3 ///	paṣṣalle	tākoy tusāksa se papāṣṣorñe
2	THT 14 a4	papāṣṣo(rñ=) (ā)str(e) ; cwi	(paṣṣa)lle	; śaul wa(r)ñ(ai) 7
3	THT 14 a5	/// ; (papāṣṣo)rñ(e) ;	paṣṣalle	: tu pälkormeṃ tne
4	THT 23 a2	tot orotse ; tusa	paṣṣalle	10-5 tu pälkormeṃ ce