rṣāki

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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:	rṣāki
Number:	plural
Case:	nominative
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

rṣāki

1	PK AS 13E a5	te stamäṣṣäṃ śle-yärke :	rṣāki	nauṣaṃñi ; eroṣ dhyanan(ma)
2	PK AS 16.2 b3	tākaṃ cai ot tämpak-y(äkne)sa	rṣāki	mäskentär cenaṃts omte airpäcce
3	THT 27 b5	(tai)kn(e)sa kekamoṣ ; poyśinta	rṣāki	: ce wace ś{l}ok
4	THT 30 a1	cai tot wrocci ;	rṣāki	mā ; lklenta ;
5	THT 30 a7	tallāñco ; wrocci ra	rṣāki	: aṅkaiṃ ytāra;sa mokṣ
6	THT 107 a10	weskeṃ-neś ॥ ṣarmirśkeṃne ॥	rṣāki	ṣerpar-me ; twe ke
7	THT 107 b2	weña • ṣerśkana ceym	rṣāki	ñissa śpālmeṃ stare •
8	THT 114 a3	tau(p)e /// a3 ///	rṣāki	nauṣaññi ñikciye /// b1
9	THT 210 b3	nts m(e)nts(i) /// b3	rṣāki	/// (wi)b4nās(k)eṃ /// b5
10	THT 427 a8	/// ṣai ts·erme maskässi	rṣā(k)i	·e /// b1 ///
11	THT 630 a5	a5 /// p(i)ś känte	rṣāki	॥ tu /// a6
12	THT 1182 a3	a3 /// – wrocce	rṣāki	cämpeṃmñecce : klaināntsś a4