pelaiknentaṃts

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Meaning:	“Law”; “(pl.) righteousness, condition, dharma”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	märkampal
Lexeme variants:	pelaiknentaṃts; pelaiknentantso
Number:	plural
Case:	genitive
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-e
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-enta

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	pelaikne	pelaikni, pelaiknenta
voc
acc	pelaikne	pelaiknenta
gen	pelaiknentse	pelaikneṃts, pelaiknentaṃts
loc	pelaiknene
comit	pelaiknempa
inst
abl	pelaiknemeṃ	pelaiknentameṃ
perl	pelaiknesa
all	pelaikneśc
caus

Lexeme family

• pelaikne “Law” “(pl.) righteousness, condition, dharma” n

  	sg	pl
  nom	pelaikne	pelaikni, pelaiknenta
  acc	pelaikne	pelaiknenta
  gen	pelaiknentse	pelaikneṃts, pelaiknentaṃts
  loc	pelaiknene
  comit	pelaiknempa
  abl	pelaiknemeṃ	pelaiknentameṃ
  perl	pelaiknesa
  all	pelaikneśc

  • pelaikneṣṣe “pertaining to the law (dharma)”

    	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
    nom	pelaikneṣṣe	pelaikneṣṣa	pelaikneṣṣi	pelaikneṣṣana
    acc	pelaikneṣṣe			pelaikneṣṣana
    gen	pelaikneṣṣepi

Occurrences

pelaiknentaṃts

1	IOL Toch 43 a6	s·e aiṣṣäṃ • parna	(p)elaiknentaṃ(t)s	kr(au)pal·e /// b1 (parā)käṣṣ(e)ñca
2	IOL Toch 171 b4	/// – – – – – – – – ne kuśal	pelaiknentaṃt(s)	///
3	SI P 2 a4	ṣañ śaumo 70-2 po	pelaiknentaṃ(ts)	; (nesalñenta) ; a5
4	THT 73 b3	(:) po aiśiññeṣeṃ ;	pelaiknentaṃts	; lwāke ścmoñña ;
5	THT 182 a3	te kuse ste anāgatmeṃ	pelaiknentaṃts	pākri ne /// a4
6	THT 1385.l b1	/// b1 /// ·(·)k·ṣṣ(eṃ)	p(e)l(ai)knentaṃ(ts)	/// b2 /// w(·)e

pelaiknentantso

1

IOL Toch 49 b2

– b2 /// tāk

pelaiknentantso

b3 /// (pe)laiknenta tseṅkenträ