pelaikni

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Meaning:	“Law”; “(pl.) righteousness, condition, dharma”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	märkampal
Lexeme variants:	pelaikni
Number:	plural
Case:	nominative
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

pelaikni

1	THT 5 a5	kos tne ñakta ;	pelaikni	; (po)a6śaiṣṣents=;ānaiwacci : tary=
2	THT 597 b3	/// (we);(śe)ñaimpa sāmo :	pelaikn(i)	po ; aikari ;
3	THT 597 b4	; snai sattä ;	pelaikni	poñc cai : aiśaumyi