yakṣeṃts

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Meaning:	A certain kind of spirit/ghost, Yakṣa
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	yakäṣ
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. yakṣa-
Lexeme variants:	yakṣeṃts
Number:	plural
Case:	genitive
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-eṃ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	yākṣe, yakṣa	yakṣī, yākṣi
voc
acc	yakṣaṃ, yākṣeṃ	yākṣeṃ
gen	yakṣentsa	yakṣeṃts, yakṣāts
loc
comit
inst
abl	yakṣenmeṃ	yakṣenmeṃ
perl
all	yākṣeṃśc
caus

Lexeme family

• yākṣe A certain kind of spirit/ghost, Yakṣa m

  	sg	pl
  nom	yākṣe, yakṣa	yakṣī, yākṣi
  acc	yakṣaṃ, yākṣeṃ	yākṣeṃ
  gen	yakṣentsa	yakṣeṃts, yakṣāts
  abl	yakṣenmeṃ	yakṣenmeṃ
  all	yākṣeṃśc

  • yakṣaññe “pertaining to a Yakṣa [demon]”

    	sg.m
    nom	yakṣaññe
    acc	yakṣaññe

  • yakṣeṣṣe “pertaining to a Yakṣa [demon]”

    	sg.m
    nom	yakṣeṣṣe
    acc	yakṣeṣṣe

Occurrences

yakṣeṃts

1	THT 10 b5	– – – – ·k· mane :	yakṣ(e)ṃts	/// b6 /// (e)pyac
2	THT 523 b8	/// b8 /// ·eṃts	yakṣeṃts	ā – ·e – –