skeyi
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| Meaning: | “zeal, effort” |
| Word class: | noun |
| Language: | TB |
| Equivalent in TA: | ske |
| Lexeme variants: | skeyi |
| Number: | plural |
| Case: | nominative |
| Gender: | masculine |
| Inflection class: | |
| Nom. sg. (masc.): | -e |
| Obl. sg. (masc.): | -e |
| Nom. pl. (masc.): | -i |
Paradigm
| sg | pl | du | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nom | skeye | skeyi | |
| voc | |||
| acc | skeye | skeyeṃ | |
| gen | skeyeṃts | ||
| loc | |||
| comit | |||
| inst | |||
| abl | skeyenmeṃ | ||
| perl | |||
| all | |||
| caus |
Lexeme family
- skeye “zeal, effort”
m
sg pl nom skeye skeyi acc skeye skeyeṃ gen skeyeṃts abl skeyenmeṃ - skeyessu “zealous”
sg.m pl.m nom skeyessu gen skeyessontäṃts
- skeyessu “zealous”
Occurrences
skeyi
| 1 | IOL Toch 43 b5 | b5 (t)s(e)ṅkemane tseṅketrä • | skeyi | prutkemane prutke(nträ) /// b6 |
| 2 | IOL Toch 213 b6 | ste • aknātsañetse ṣärmameṃ | skeyi | • skeyeṃ ṣärmameṃ /// |
| 3 | IOL Toch 231 a2 | /// a2 /// (ak)n(ā)tsaññe | skeyi | ṣpä – /// a3 |
| 4 | THT 149 a5 | • aknātsaññentse – – meṃ | skeyi | • skeyeṃts /// /// |
| 5 | THT 149 b6 | /// b6 tarya kleś | skeyi | • nesal· /// |
| 6 | THT 206 a2 | /// (yä)nmoy ma ente | skeyi | kesenträ 30-7 (ka)lpanma a(saṃkhyainta) |
