treṅkältsa

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Meaning:	“attachment (to the world)”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	treṅkältsa
Number:	singular
Case:	perlative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-wa

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• treṅk-
  • treṅk- “to stick, adhere, cling to” gv
    • treṅkäl “attachment (to the world)” m

      	sg
      nom	treṅkäl
      acc	treṅkäl
      perl	treṅkältsa

    • treṅk- “to stick, adhere, cling to” gv.prs9a

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	treṅkäṣṣi, treṅkastär	treṅkaskentär

      • treṅkaṣle “to stick, adhere, cling to” part.prs9a

        	sg.m
        nom	treṅkaṣle

    • treṅk- “to stick, adhere, cling to” gv.subj1

      	pl.act	sg.mid
      1		treñcīmar
      3	treṅkäṃ

      • treṅkalñe “clinging” abstr.subj1

        	sg
        nom	treṅkalñe
        acc	treṅkalñe

      • etreṅkätte “to stick, adhere, cling to” priv.subj1

        	sg.m
        nom	etreṅkätte

    • treṅk- “to stick, adhere, cling to” gv.pret3

      	sg.mid
      3	treṅksate

      • tetreṅku “having clung to” part.pret3

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	tetreṅkoṣ, tetreṅku	tetreṅkoṣ
        acc	tetreṅkoṣ	tetreṅkoṣ

Occurrences

treṅkältsa

1	PK AS 16.2 a3	॥ katarosine ॥ śūkentane	treṅkältsa	; a4 perne
2	THT 109 b4	nauṣ ra preśyaine ñśaṣṣe	treṅkältsa	śaul rintsate tu pklyausso