pelaiknesa

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Meaning:	“Law”; “(pl.) righteousness, condition, dharma”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	märkampal
Lexeme variants:	pelaiknesa; pelaiyknesa

Number:	singular
Case:	perlative
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

pelaiknesa

1	IOL Toch 396 b4	yaskaṣṣälya /// b4 ///	(pe)laiknesa	lāṃṣtar • saṃghāvaśeṣ traṅko
2	IOL Toch 451.b b2	t – b2 ///	(pe)laiknesa	b3 ///
3	IOL Toch 479 a3	/// a3 ///	(pelai)knesa	ś(a)y(e)ñca(ntse) /// a4
4	PK AS 4B b4	soy sananne :	pelaiknesa	; (yolone) ; palsko
5	PK AS 17D b3	; ñśameṃ (ceṃt)s{†ä} ;	pelaikneb4sa	; wärpnalle : poyśiṃñeṣṣeṃ
6	THT 12 b8	/// 7σ 3σ ///	(pe)l(ai)k(n)esa	; śayeñcantse (:) (sn)ai
7	THT 15 b1	päb1(lsko)nta ; pu(dñäktäṃññe) ;	(pelaiknesa)	; (taur) (śār) (katnaṃ)
8	THT 17 b2	pälskonta ; pudñäktäṃññe ;	pelaiknesa	; taur śār katnaṃ
9	THT 132 b6	yamaṣuki n(e)mc(e)= (k)s(a) ///	(pe)b7laiknesa	weṣṣeñca käṣṣī poyśi •
10	THT 305 b6	/// pramādyate • k_use	pelaiknesa	mā yäknāstär 20 subahv

pelaiyknesa

1

no ; pelaiykne ·auk·

no ; – – – – – läññe