rṣākeṃ

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Meaning:	“sage, Ṛṣi”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	riṣak
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. from Skt. ṛṣi-
Lexeme variants:	rṣākeṃ
Number:	singular
Case:	accusative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-eṃ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	rṣāke	rṣāki
voc	rṣāka
acc	rṣākeṃ
gen	rṣākentse	rṣākeṃts
loc		rṣākeṃne
comit	rṣākeṃmpa
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• rṣāke “sage, Ṛṣi” m

  	sg	pl
  nom	rṣāke	rṣāki
  voc	rṣāka
  acc	rṣākeṃ
  gen	rṣākentse	rṣākeṃts
  loc		rṣākeṃne
  comit	rṣākeṃmpa

  • rṣākäññe “pertaining to a sage, riṣi”

    	sg.m
    nom	rṣākäññe
    acc	rṣākäññe

  • rṣakāñca “female sage” f

    	sg
    nom	rṣakāñca

Occurrences

rṣākeṃ

1	THT 45 b6	r-ārhānteṃ ; po wrocceṃ	rṣākeṃ	: pontäṃ /// ///
2	THT 107 a7	; ritasi ; wrocce{†ṃ}	rṣākeṃ	: indre kārpa ;
3	THT 127 b2	; klautkästsi ; wrocce	rṣ(ā)k(eṃ)	; b3 3σ 2σ
4	THT 234 a2	snai proskai /// a2	rṣākeṃ	cai : mā ñi
5	THT 397 a4	– – ne ram no	rṣākeṃ	/// b1 /// b2
6	THT 574 b6	b6 /// ṣṣitär lwāsa	rṣākeṃ	ra mai(ma)ntsana klyau b7
7	THT 1547.a b1	/// – – wr· ṣpä	rṣākeṃ	wināskeṃ • rṣā(ke) ///