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imesaṁ

ayaṁ

genitive plural masculine

1. of these
2. of this group

Built from

• i- — stem · this
  Demonstrative stem; cognate with Latin is (same root as English 'is' in the sense of 'that which exists/is present').
• -mesaṁ — ending · genitive plural
  Marks possession or relation of multiple items; -m- is the plural marker, -e- is genitive, -aṁ is the neuter/masculine genitive ending.

Analysis. i- (stem of ayaṁ 'this') + -mesaṁ (genitive plural ending); the nominative plural form is ime.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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