pelaiknentse

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Meaning:	“Law”; “(pl.) righteousness, condition, dharma”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	märkampal
Lexeme variants:	pelaiknentse; pelaiknetse; pelaikneṃtse
Number:	singular
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

pelaiknetse

1	PK AS 5A a1	– – – – (:) (5) 18σ	(pe)a2laiknetse	; kreñcepi ; stamalñeṣṣe
2	THT 281 a4	mā ñke preke :	pelaiknetse	; ekälymi ; a5
3	THT 1332 b3	ku hā kñ· sa	pelaiknetse	– ·ṃ – ·y·

pelaikneṃtse

1	IOL Toch 275 b2	·l· /// b2 ///	(pe)laikneṃtse	– ñ·rā – – ·k·
2	THT 99 b5	te pkārsa klyomai :	pelaikne(ṃ)tse	; ṣarmtsa preṃb6(tse) (ñiś)
3	THT 100 b6	॥ tumeṃ b6 ///	pelaikneṃtse	yarke yāmtsi • lauke

pelaiknentse

1	IOL Toch 40 a3	brāhma° a3 /// ;	pelaiknentse	(ṣa)rmtsa • ॥ walo
2	IOL Toch 141 a4	/// a4 /// ·ñ·	pelaiknentse	pelkiñ walke pä° ///
3	IOL Toch 558 b4	/// b4 /// l·	pelaiknentse	w· /// b5 ///
4	IOL Toch 866 a2	/// a2 /// –	pelaiknentse	ṣarmtsa pre – ///
5	M 500.1 b4	; ce yāb4(morsa) (40-3)	(pelaiknentse)	; (pernesa) ; (atyai)
6	PK AS 4B a4	; pletkar-c ysāra 2	pelaiknentse	; pernesa ; atyai
7	PK AS 7J b1	(s)u cm(e)lane ; kreṃt	pelaiknentse	: ṣmare mällarṣke ;
8	PK NS 48 and 258 a6	(nau)miy(e) walke stamoy a6	pelaiknentse	walke stamalñeṣana ṣärmanane po
9	THT 27 b7	śamn ompostäṃ ; sāṃ	pelaiknentse	60-9 kuse ñi yesñ=
10	THT 135 b2	/// 1σ b2 °ta	pelaiknentse	kuce kwä° /// b3
11	THT 231 a2	wīna ; kälpāṣṣit •	pelaiknentse	; pelkia3ñ no ;
12	THT 307 b2	/// b2 /// ākṣoṣepi	pelaiknentse	• kalān (a)rgha ///
13	THT 391 a4	/// ··s· cwī kr(e)ñcepi	pelaiknentse	o /// a5 ///