upāsake

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Meaning:	“male lay-disciple, lay-member”; “male lay devotee, devout lay follower”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	wāsak
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. upāsaka- "lay worshipper, lay follower of the Buddha; servant"; lit. attendant
Lexeme variants:	upāsake
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-eṃ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	upāsake	upāsaki
voc
acc	upāsakeṃ
gen	upāsakentse
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• upāsake “male lay-disciple, lay-member” “male lay devotee, devout lay follower” m

  	sg	pl
  nom	upāsake	upāsaki
  acc	upāsakeṃ
  gen	upāsakentse

  • upāsakñe “laity”

    	sg
    nom	upāsakñe
    acc	upāsakñe

    • upāsakñeṣṣe “pertaining to laity”

      	sg.m
      nom	upāsakñeṣṣe
      acc	upāsakñeṣṣe

Occurrences

upāsake

1	THT 522 b4	(n)e ṣanmīr(e) ṣanmirāñcaine •	upāsake	u /// b5 nraine
2	THT 2386.j and .s b7	(3) (waike) (welyñemeṃ) (narkäṣṣälyñe)	(upāsake)