rṣākentse

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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:	rṣākentse; rṣākeṃtse
Number:	singular
Case:	genitive
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

rṣākentse

1	IOL Toch 166 b1	tu-k menāksa : śakkeṃñepi	rṣākentse	; /// b2 ///
2	IOL Toch 693.a a2	/// a2 /// –	rṣāk(e)nt(s)e	śpā(lmeṃ) /// b1 ///
3	THT 91 a4	te-maṃt yaknesa (cwi) laṃtuññeṣṣepi	rṣāke(ntse)	/// a5 –
4	THT 133 a7	(ku)l(p)elle ; klyeuṣälle ;	rṣākentse	rā ; wroccepi 10-9
5	THT 1573.a b5	klormeṃ te śakkeññepi cwi	rṣākentse	: kauc yok kaltä(r)

rṣākeṃtse

1

THT 1102 a1

śaulassoñc cwī ñem-klawissoṃnte śakke(ññepi)

rṣākeṃa2(ts)e

(p)elai(kne) ñakesa warñai śau(ltsa)