preteṃts
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| Meaning: | Kind of ghost [usually suffering extreme hunger and thirst] |
| Word class: | noun |
| Language: | TB |
| Equivalent in TA: | pret |
| Equivalent in other languages: | Skt. preta- |
| Lexeme variants: | preteṃts |
| Number: | plural |
| Case: | genitive |
| Gender: | masculine |
| Inflection class: | |
| Nom. sg. (masc.): | -e |
| Nom. pl. (masc.): | -i |
Paradigm
| sg | pl | du | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nom | prete | preti | |
| voc | |||
| acc | |||
| gen | preteṃts | ||
| loc | pretenne | ||
| comit | |||
| inst | |||
| abl | |||
| perl | |||
| all | |||
| caus |
Lexeme family
- prete Kind of ghost [usually suffering extreme hunger and thirst]
m
sg pl nom prete preti gen preteṃts loc pretenne - preteṃṣṣe “pertaining to the preta ghosts”
sg.m sg.f nom preteṃṣṣe acc preteṃṣṣe preteṃṣṣai
- preteṃṣṣe “pertaining to the preta ghosts”
Occurrences
preteṃts
| 1 | THT 127 b6 | b6 7σ /// (yar)k(e) | preteṃts | ; pakwāre ; waimene |
| 2 | THT 220 b1 | cmela • kest yoko | preteṃts | ; pwārṣṣe lakle nraiyn= |
| 3 | THT 1252 b3 | /// b3 /// ṅkātsi | preteṃts | y·au /// b4 /// |
