rīśc

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Meaning:	“city”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	ri
Lexeme variants:	rīśc; riśc; rīś; riś
Number:	singular
Case:	allative
Gender:	feminine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ñ

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	rīye
voc
acc	rī	riṃ
gen	rīntse
loc	rīne	riṃne
comit		riṃmpa
inst
abl	rīmeṃ
perl	rīsa
all	rīśc
caus

Lexeme family

• rīye “city” f

  	sg	pl
  nom	rīye
  acc	rī	riṃ
  gen	rīntse
  loc	rīne	riṃne
  comit		riṃmpa
  abl	rīmeṃ
  perl	rīsa
  all	rīśc

  • riṣṣe “pertaining to the city”

    	sg.m	pl.m
    nom	riṣṣe	riṣṣi
    acc	riṣṣe

Occurrences

rīśc

1

PK AS 5D b2

; y(amim) (pākri) ;

(rīśc)

(ynūcai) ; (nervāṇäṣṣai) (:)

rīś

1	M 500.1 a3	; yamim pākri ;	rīś	ynūcai ; nervāṇäṣṣai :
2	PK AS 17A b6	wawārpau p(ū)rvotta=	rīś	ynemane kau(c) (yāmu) (ṣukt)

riś

1	IOL Toch 119 b6	b6 /// (ca)mpiyeṃ nervāṃṣṣai	riś	ya(tsi) /// b7 ///
2	Km-034-ZS-L-01 a4	yarke yamaṣasta-ne śaultsa warñai	riś	kakātai-ne a5 ॥ nano
3	Km-034-ZS-L-01.04 a1	yarke yamaṣasta-ne śaultsa warñai	riś	kakātai-ne ॥
4	Km-034-ZS-Q-01.02 a1	/// ṣait śikhiṃ pañäkt(e)	riś	///
5	Km-034-ZS-R-01 a5	wasa ॥ a5 praṇādeṃ	riś	kakātai ñumka ptanma tsaikatai
6	Km-034-ZS-R-1.05 a1	a1 praṇādeṃ	riś	kakātai ñumka ptanma tsaikātai
7	Km-034-ZS-R-02.06 a1	nano walo (ṣ)ait (śi)khiṃ	riś	k(a)k(ā)t(ai) – – – – – – yar(k)e (yama)ṣa(sta)
8	THT 28 a2	ytāri akṣāwa-me ; nervāṃṣṣai	riś	kartsai ; oktatsai klyoa3(mñai)
9	THT 90 a4	/// yane aruṇāvati	riś	sorromp kaa5(klāyau) /// (ñäkte)-yok
10	THT 212 b1	·t· n(e)s= tw(e) ;	r(i)ś	nervvāṃṣṣai 80 śak okt
11	THT 221 a2	cmelaṣṣeṃ ; kakātai ;	riś	nervānṣai 10-1 reki ///
12	THT 381 a3	/// a3 /// sti	riś	mai /// a4 ///
13	THT 1167 b2	b2 /// – ś	riś	āpanta – /// b3
14	THT 1556 a1	lantameṃ āśä yaṣṣāte ṣañ	riś	– ṅk· ॥ mäkte

riśc

1

THT 207 a4

kerusa (p)i(ś) (cmela)ṣ(ṣe)ṃ kaka(t)e

(riśc)

(nervānṣai) (10-1) (rekiṣṣana) (swañ)b1(cai)n(o)