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tayā

taya

nt nom pl of taya (noun); nt instr sg of taya (noun); nt abl sg of taya (noun); nt voc sg of taya (noun); …

1. taya (nt): triad; group of three
2. tayā (pron): by you; with you
3. tayā (pron): from you; than you
4. tumha (pron): you
5. tvaṃ (pron): you (subject)

Built from

• ta- — stem · you (oblique stem)
  Oblique form of the 2nd person singular pronoun, derived from the full nominative form tvam. Related to Sanskrit tvam and English pronouns "thou" and "thee".
• -ā — ending · instrumental/ablative feminine singular
  Marks the instrumental case (means or agent) and ablative case (source or comparison) in the feminine singular, here applied to a pronoun denoting the person addressed.

Etymology. From the stem tva- (you, singular subject), cognate with Sanskrit tvam and English "thou", "thee"; the instrumental tayā shows the oblique stem ta- with the feminine instrumental ending -ā, originally marking the agent of an action or the means by which it is performed.

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

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