trice

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Meaning:	“third”
Word class:	adjective
Word subclass:	ordinal
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	trit
Lexeme variants:	trice; trīce; tricce
Number:	singular
Case:	accusative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	P-e
Nom. pl. (masc.):	P-i

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	trite
voc
acc	trice
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl	tricemeṃ
perl	tritesa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• trai “three”

  	pl.m	pl.f
  nom	trai	tarya
  acc	trai	tarya
  gen		täryāṃts
  loc	traiyne
  abl		täryāmeṃ
  perl	traiysa

  • truskäñña “binding, bond, harness”

    	sg
    acc	truskäñña

  • trite “third”

    	sg.m
    nom	trite
    acc	trice
    abl	tricemeṃ
    perl	tritesa

Occurrences

trice

1	G-Su 35 a1	a1 tane	trice	meṃne kercawiśke wai kerdipole
2	Kizil WD-I-a2 a1	(ṣarwai) (klāt)e (1) ।	(tr)i(c)e	(tr)ai(yn)e (m)i(k)i(s)ā(n)e o(r)o(cc)e (k)e(m)e(sa)
3	Kizil WD-I-a3 a1	a1	trice	ikäṃ-wine mikisāne ṣarwai(ṃ) klāte
4	Kizil WD-I-a3 b1	sanai paryāne(ṃ) wsāwa b1	trice	ikäṃ-wine yotkolau indrasene śirkeñe
5	Kizil WD-II-3 b6	(bu)dhaciwe teṅk(e)ś b6	trice	śakk-wine candradew(e) pār(r)ä masa
6	Kizil WD-II-3 b7	masa kles(e) b7	trice	śakk-ṣukne ṣematate saṅkaseñisa b8
7	Kizil WD-II-6 a1	a1	(tri)c(e)	me(ne) śak-okne kurriṅkā –
8	Kizil WD-II-6 a2	ś(wā)le – /// a2	trice	mene īkä-wine s· ///
9	Kz-203-ZS-D-02 a1	– – – – – – – – – – ·e tane śem	trice	ka tsa – ///
10	Kz-225-YD-W-31 a1	a1	trice	mene
11	PK AS 3A b4	yuṣ śwalle ॥ ñake	trice	kaub5naṣṣe kapilleṃtse weñau ॥
12	PK AS 19.22 b4	tumeṃ nano kauc yalle	trice	dhyānäśc omte pwi-yok takarṣke
13	PK Bois B30 a2	tesa ṣap mā tärkaa2nat	trice	meṃne ñune kūnacaṃttrakau ākṣa
14	PK Bois B40 a1	/// (ikäṃ) ṣe kṣuntsa	trice	meṃne ia2(käṃ) /// (lānte)
15	PK LC 27 a3	kärtse śommo tāka	trice	śakne 米 b1
16	PK NS 277 a1	a1	trice	ikäṃ wine pättaiyśe ysāre
17	PK NS 282 a1	a1 /// (piku)lne	trice	ikäṃ /// a2 ///
18	THT 333 b6	pärweṣṣe dhyāno wace dhyāno	trice	dhyāno śtarce dhyāno b7
19	THT 591 a1	istal ; anāgāmñe ;	trice	perne ; kälpāṣṣäṃ :
20	THT 1335.b b3	tona-k prahārnta wikäṣaṃ •	trice	dhyā b4 /// –
21	THT 4001 a1	a1 ñu kṣunne	trice	menne śak ṣuktne

trīce

1	THT 20 b4	p(e)laikne /// /// 60-6	trīce	ślok weña ; lareṃnä
2	THT 27 b6	śanmau kleśaṣṣe : ce	trīb7(ce)	; (ślok) (weña) ///
3	THT 31 a7	mā =yśea7ñcañ aknātsañ 30-9	trīce	ślok weña ; kwri
4	THT 184 a2	palsko e – – – – mäkte	trīce	asaṃkhyaine yneman(e) – a3
5	THT 184 a3	mā ṣ klautkoyem – –	trīce	asaṃkhyaiṣṣe bodhisatve snai alle
6	THT 286 a4	wīna : se ārth	trīce	; patākne tne ;
7	THT 2959 a6	/// (tsä)a6mṣeñca • tusa	trīce	n· /// a7 – – –

tricce

1	Kz-222-ZS-R-02 a1	a1 6 kṣuntsa	tricce	coccene śtarcye ñune taitsyā(ṃ)kuneṃ
2	Mz-002-ZS-L-02 a1	a1 kweṃ pikulne	tricce	ikäṃne – ntse ne
3	Sb-003-ZS-L-03 a1	yśuhkwāṃ lānti kweṃ pikulne	tricce	meṃne ikäṃ-wine trey maiweśkaṃ