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tassā

ta

fem dat sg of ta (pron); fem gen sg of ta (pron)

1. ta (pron): that
2. tassā (pron): to her; for her; to that; for that
3. tassā (pron): of her; hers; of that

Etymology. From Indo-European *to- (that), the stem of the demonstrative pronoun *tod-. Cognates: English that, Latin iste (this), Sanskrit tat (that). The feminine form ta reflects the feminine singular nominative; the endings -ā and -ssā mark the oblique cases (dative and genitive singular).

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

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