saitsi

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Meaning:	“(mid.) to lean on, rely on”; “(inf.) to staunch (blood)”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	saitsi; saitsī
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-i
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	saitsi
voc
acc	saitsi
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• sain-
  • sain- “(mid.) to lean on, rely on” “(inf.) to staunch (blood)” gv
    • saitsi “(mid.) to lean on, rely on” “(inf.) to staunch (blood)” n

      	sg
      nom	saitsi
      acc	saitsi

    • sain- “(mid.) to lean on, rely on” “(inf.) to staunch (blood)” gv.prs10a

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	sainaṣṣītär, sainastär	sainaskentär

    • sain- “(mid.) to lean on, rely on” “(inf.) to staunch (blood)” gv.subj1

      	pl.mid
      3	sainäntär

      • saintsi “(mid.) to lean on, rely on” “(inf.) to staunch (blood)” inf.n.subj1

        	sg
        nom	saintsi
        acc	saintsi

      • saille “(mid.) to lean on, rely on” “(inf.) to staunch (blood)” part.subj1

        	sg.m
        nom	saille

    • sain- “(mid.) to lean on, rely on” “(inf.) to staunch (blood)” gv.pret3

      	sg.mid
      1	saintsamai

      • sasainu “(mid.) to lean on, rely on” “(inf.) to staunch (blood)” part.pret3

        	sg.m
        nom	sasainu

    • sain- “(mid.) to lean on, rely on” “(inf.) to staunch (blood)” gv.imp3

      	sg.mid
      2	psainar

Occurrences

saitsi

1	PK AS 3B a3	ṣesa waltsanalle na° ///	(sai)a4tsi	śpālmeṃ • ॥ pattaṅk
2	PK AS 3B a4	añcāṃ • gairik yasarsa	saitsi	śpālmeṃ • ॥ kaṭpa°
3	PK AS 3B a5	• lykaśke tsatsāpar yasarsa	saitsi	• ॥ śabaralodrä •
4	PK AS 3B b4	/// b4 dvivräṇikalp yasarsa	saitsi	śpālmeṃ • ॥ ñake

saitsī

1

THT 281 b4

t(s)ib4(r)au(ñ)e(ṣṣ)ai ; ṣpikaisa ;

saitsī

pre(ke) (10-6) (o)mpālskoñeṣ;ṣe aitsi