2.21.6
इन्द्र॒ श्रेष्ठा॑नि॒ द्रवि॑णानि धेहि॒ चित्तिं॒ दक्ष॑स्य सुभग॒त्वम॒स्मे
पोषं॑ रयी॒णामरि॑ष्टिं त॒नूनां॑ स्वा॒द्मानं॑ वा॒चः सु॑दिन॒त्वमह्ना॑म्
2.21.6
índra śréṣṭhāni dráviṇāni dhehi
cíttiṃ dákṣasya subhagatvám asmé
póṣaṃ rayīṇā́m áriṣṭiṃ tanū́nāṃ
svādmā́naṃ vācáḥ sudinatvám áhnām
2.21.6
indrafrom índra-
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from dráviṇa-
from √dhā- 1
from cítti-
from dákṣa-
from subhagatvá-
from póṣa-
from rayí- ~ rāy-
from tanū́-
from svādmán-
from vā́c-
from sudinatvá-
2.21.6
Indra, bestow on us the best of treasures, the spirit of ability and fortune; Increase of riches, safety of our bodies, charm of sweet speech, and days of pleasant weather.
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| 2.21.6 | índra indra : índra m. (for etym. as given by native authorities See [Nir. x, 8]; [Sāy.] on [RV. i, 3, 4]; [Uṇ. ii, 28]; according to [BRD.] fr. in = √ inv with suff. ra preceded by inserted d, meaning ‘to subdue, conquer’ ; according to [Muir, S. T. v, 119], for sindra fr. √ syand, ‘to drop’; more probably from √ ind, ‘to drop’ q.v., and connected with indu above), the god of the atmosphere and sky indra : the Indian Jupiter Pluvius or lord of rain (who in Vedic mythology reigns over the deities of the intermediate region or atmosphere; he fights against and conquers with his thunder-bolt [vajra] the demons of darkness, and is in general a symbol of generous heroism; was not originally lord of the gods of the sky, but his deeds were most useful to mankind, and he was therefore addressed in prayers and hymns more than any other deity, and ultimately superseded the more lofty and spiritual Varuṇa; in the later mythology is subordinated to the triad Brahman, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, but remained the chief of all other deities in the popular mind), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c. &c. indra : (he is also regent of the east quarter, and considered one of the twelve Ādityas), [Mn.]; [R.]; [Suśr.] &c. indra : in the Vedānta he is identified with the supreme being indra : a prince indra : ifc. best, excellent, the first, the chief (of any class of objects; cf. surendra, rājendra, parvatendra, &c.), [Mn.]; [Hit.] indra : the pupil of the right eye (that of the left being called Indrāṇī or Indra's wife), [ŚBr.]; [BṛĀrUp.] indra : the number fourteen, [Sūryas.] indra : N. of a grammarian indra : of a physician indra : the plant Wrightia Antidysenterica (see kuṭaja), [L.] indra : a vegetable poison, [L.] indra : the twenty-sixth Yoga or division of a circle on the plane of the ecliptic indra : the Yoga star in the twenty-sixth Nakṣatra, γ Pegasi indra : the human soul, the portion of spirit residing in the body indra : night, [L.] indra : one of the nine divisions of Jambu-dvīpa or the known continent, [L.] 🔎 índra | índra- indra : índra m. (for etym. as given by native authorities See [Nir. x, 8]; [Sāy.] on [RV. i, 3, 4]; [Uṇ. ii, 28]; according to [BRD.] fr. in = √ inv with suff. ra preceded by inserted d, meaning ‘to subdue, conquer’ ; according to [Muir, S. T. v, 119], for sindra fr. √ syand, ‘to drop’; more probably from √ ind, ‘to drop’ q.v., and connected with indu above), the god of the atmosphere and sky indra : the Indian Jupiter Pluvius or lord of rain (who in Vedic mythology reigns over the deities of the intermediate region or atmosphere; he fights against and conquers with his thunder-bolt [vajra] the demons of darkness, and is in general a symbol of generous heroism; was not originally lord of the gods of the sky, but his deeds were most useful to mankind, and he was therefore addressed in prayers and hymns more than any other deity, and ultimately superseded the more lofty and spiritual Varuṇa; in the later mythology is subordinated to the triad Brahman, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, but remained the chief of all other deities in the popular mind), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c. &c. indra : (he is also regent of the east quarter, and considered one of the twelve Ādityas), [Mn.]; [R.]; [Suśr.] &c. indra : in the Vedānta he is identified with the supreme being indra : a prince indra : ifc. best, excellent, the first, the chief (of any class of objects; cf. surendra, rājendra, parvatendra, &c.), [Mn.]; [Hit.] indra : the pupil of the right eye (that of the left being called Indrāṇī or Indra's wife), [ŚBr.]; [BṛĀrUp.] indra : the number fourteen, [Sūryas.] indra : N. of a grammarian indra : of a physician indra : the plant Wrightia Antidysenterica (see kuṭaja), [L.] indra : a vegetable poison, [L.] indra : the twenty-sixth Yoga or division of a circle on the plane of the ecliptic indra : the Yoga star in the twenty-sixth Nakṣatra, γ Pegasi indra : the human soul, the portion of spirit residing in the body indra : night, [L.] indra : one of the nine divisions of Jambu-dvīpa or the known continent, [L.] 🔎 índra- | nominal stemSGMVOC |
| 2.21.6 | śréṣṭhāni | śréṣṭha- śreṣṭha : śréṣṭha mf(A)n. most splendid or beautiful, most beautiful of or among (with gen.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [R.] śreṣṭha : most excellent, best, first, chief (n. ‘the best or chief thing’), best of or among or in respect of or in (with gen. loc., or comp.), [RV.] &c. &c. śreṣṭha : better, more, distinguished, superior, better than (abl. or gen.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. śreṣṭha : most auspicious or salutary, [VarBṛS.] śreṣṭha : oldest, senior, [W.] śreṣṭha : śréṣṭha m. a king, [L.] śreṣṭha : a Brāhman, [L.] śreṣṭha : N. of Viṣṇu or Kubera, [L.] śreṣṭha : N. of a king, [Buddh.] śreṣṭha : śréṣṭha n. cow's milk, [L.] śreṣṭha : copper, [L.] 🔎 śréṣṭha- | nominal stemPLNACCdegree:SUP |
| 2.21.6 | dráviṇāni | dráviṇa- draviṇa : dráviṇa n. movable property (as opp. to house and field), substance, goods (m. pl. [BhP. v, 14, 12]), wealth, money, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. draviṇa : essence, substantiality, strength, power, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [R.] &c. draviṇa : N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.] draviṇa : dráviṇa m. N. of a son of Vasu Dhara (or Dhava), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [VP.] draviṇa : of a son of Pṛthu, [BhP.] draviṇa : of a mountain, [ib.] draviṇa : pl. the inhabitants of a Varṣa in Krauñca-dvīpa, [ib.] 🔎 dráviṇa- | nominal stemPLNACC |
| 2.21.6 | dhehi | √dhā- 1 dhā : f. in 2. tiro-dhā́ dhā : dur-dhā́ (qq.vv.) dhā : cl. 3. P. Ā. dádhāti, dhatté, [RV.] &c. &c. (P. du. dadhvás, dhatthás, dhattás [[Pāṇ. viii, 2, 38]]; pl. dadhmási or °más, dhatthá, dādhati; impf. ádadhāt pl. °dhur, 2. pl. ádhatta or ádadhāta, [RV. vii, 33, 4]; Subj. dádhat or °dhāt [[Pāṇ. vii, 3, 70], [Kāś.]], °dhas, °dhatas, °dhan; Pot. dadhyā́t; Impv. dādhātu pl. °dhatu; 2. sg. dhehí [fr. dhaddhi; cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 119]] or dhattāt, [RV. iii, 8, 1]; 2. pl. dhattá, [i, 64, 15], dhattana, [i, 20, 7], dádhāta, [vii, 32, 13], or °tana, [x, 36, 13] [cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 45], Sch.]; p. dádhat, °ti m. pl. °tas; Ā. 1. sg. dadhé [at once 3. sg. = dhatté, [RV. i, 149, 5] &c. and = pf. Ā.], 2. sg. dhátse, [viii, 85, 5] or dhatsé, [AV. v, 7, 2]; 2. 3. du. dadhā́the, °dhā́te; 2. pl. °dhidhvé [cf. pf.]; 3. pl. dádhate, [RV. v, 41, 2]; impf. ádhatta, °tthās; Subj. dádhase, [viii, 32, 6] [[Pāṇ. iii, 4, 96], [Kāś.]]; Pot. dádhīta, [RV. i, 40, 2] or dadhītá, [v, 66, 1]; Impv. 2. sg. dhatsva, [x, 87, 2] or dadhiṣva, [iii, 40, 5] &c.; 2. pl. dhaddhvam [[Pāṇ. viii, 2, 38], [Kāś.]] or dadhidhvam, [RV. vii, 34, 10], &c.; 3. pl. dadhatām, [AV. viii, 8, 3]; p. dádhāna); rarely cl. 1. P. Ā. dadhati, °te, [RV.]; [MBh.]; only thrice cl. 2. P. dhā́ti, [RV.]; and once cl. 4. Ā. Pot. dhāyeta, [MaitrUp.] (pf. P. dadhaú, °dhā́tha, °dhatur, °dhimā́ or °dhimá, °dhur, [RV.] &c.; Ā. dadhé [cf. pr.], dadhiṣé or dhiṣe, [RV. i, 56, 6]; 2. 3. du. dadhā́the, °dhā́te, 2. pl. dadhidhvé [cf. pr.]; 3. pl. dadhiré, dadhre, [x, 82, 5]; [6], or dhire, [i, 166, 10] &c.; p. dádhāna [cf. pr.]; aor. P. ádhāt, dhā́t, dhā́s; adhúr, dhúr, [RV.] &c.; Pot. dheyām, °yur; dhetana, [RV.]; [TBr.]; 2. sg. dhāyīs, [RV. i, 147, 5]; Impv. dhā́tu [cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 8] Vārtt. 3; [Pat.]]; 2. pl. dhā́ta or °tana, 3. pl. dhāntu, [RV.]; Ā. adhita, °thās, adhītām, adhīmahi, dhīmahi, dhimahe, dhāmahe, [RV.]; 3. sg. ahita, hita, [AV.]; [TĀr.]; Subj. dhéthe, [RV. i, 158, 2], dhaithe, [vi, 67, 7]; Impv. dhiṣvā́ or dhiṣvá, [ii, 11, 18], &c.; P. adhat, [SV.]; dhat, [RV.]; P. dhāsur Subj. °sathas and °satha, [RV.]; Ā. adhiṣi, °ṣata, [Br.]; Pot. dhiṣīya, [ib.] [[Pāṇ. vii, 4, 45]]; dheṣīya, [MaitrS.]; fut. dhāsyati, °te or dhātā, [Br.] &c.; inf. dhā́tum, [Br.] &c.; Ved. also °tave, °tavaí, °tos; dhiyádhyai, [RV.]; Class. also -dhitum; ind.p. dhitvā́, [Br.]; hitvā [[Pāṇ. vii, 4, 42]], -dhā́ya and -dhā́m, [AV.] : Pass. dhīyáte, [RV.] &c. [[Pāṇ. vi, 4, 66]], p. dhīyámāna, [RV. i, 155, 2] ; aor. ádhāyi, dhā́yi, [RV.] [[Pāṇ. vii, 3, 33], [Kāś.]]; Prec. dhāsīṣṭa or dhāyiṣīṣṭa [[vi, 4, 62]]) to put, place, set, lay in or on (loc.), [RV.] &c. &c. (with daṇḍam, to inflict punishment on [with loc. [MBh. v, 1075], with gen. [R. v, 28, 7]]; with tat-padavyām padam, to put one's foot in another's footstep i.e. imitate, equal, [Kāvyād. ii, 64]); to take or bring or help to (loc. or dat.; with āré, to remove), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; (Ā.) to direct or fix the mind or attention (cintām, manas, matim, samādhim &c.) upon, think of (loc. or dat.), fix or resolve upon (loc. dat. acc. with prati or a sentence closed with iti), [RV.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; [BhP.]; to destine for, bestow on, present or impart to (loc. dat. or gen.), [RV.]; [Br.]; [MBh.] &c. (Pass. to be given or granted, fall to one's [dat.] lot or share, [RV. i, 81, 3]); to appoint, establish, constitute, [RV.]; [ŚBr.]; to render (with double acc.), [RV. vii, 31, 12]; [Bhartṛ. iii, 82]; to make, produce, generate, create, cause, effect, perform, execute, [RV.]; [TBr.]; [ŚvetUp.] &c. (aor. with pūrayām, mantrayām, varayām &c. = pūrayām &c. cakāra); to seize, take hold of, hold, bear, support, wear, put on (clothes), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Kāv.]; [BhP.] &c.; (Ā.) to accept, obtain, conceive (esp. in the womb), get, take (with ókas or cánas, to take pleasure or delight in [loc. or dat.]), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; to assume, have, possess, show, exhibit, incur, undergo, [RV.]; [Hariv.]; [Kāv.]; [Hit.] etc. : Caus. -dhāpayati, [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 36] (see antar-dhā, śrad-dhā &c.) : Desid. dhítsati, °te ([Pāṇ. vii, 4, 54]), to wish to put in or lay on (loc.), [RV.]; [AitBr.] (Class. Pass. dhitsyate; dhitsya See s.v.); dídhiṣati, °te, to wish to give or present, [RV.]; (Ā.) to wish to gain, strive after (p. dídhiṣāṇa, [x, 114, 1]), [ib.] : with avadyám, to bid defiance, [ib.] [iv, 18, 7] (cf. didhiṣā́yya, didhiṣú) : Intens. dedhīyate, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 66.] dhā : [cf. Zd. dā, dadaiti; Gk. θε-, θη-, τίθημι; Lith. dedù, dë́ti; Slav. dedją, děti; Old Sax. duan, dôn, Angl.Sax. dôn, Engl. to do; Germ. tuan; tuon, thun.] dhā : mfn. putting, placing, bestowing, holding, having, causing &c. (ifc.; cf. dha) dhā : m. placer, bestower, holder, supporter &c. dhā : N. of Brahmā or Bṛhas-pati, [L.] dhā : (ā), f. See 2. dha dhā : instr. (= nom.) perhaps in the suffix (which forms adverbs from numerals, e.g. eka-dhā́, dví-dhā &c.) 🔎 √dhā- 1 | rootSGPRSACT2IMP |
| 2.21.6 | cíttim | cítti- citti : cítti f. thinking, thought, understanding, wisdom, [RV. ii, 21, 6]; [x, 85, 7]; [VS.]; [TBr. ii]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [Kauś. 42] citti : intention (along with, ā́kūti), [AV.]; [BhP. v, 18, 18] citti : (pl.) thoughts, devotion, [hence = karman, ‘an act of worship’, [Sāy.]] [RV.] citti : a wise person, [i, 67, 5]; [iv, 2, 11] citti : ‘Thought’, N. of the wife of Atharvan and mother of Dadhyac, [BhP. iv, 1, 42] citti : cf. á-, pūrvá-, prā́yaś-. citti : cittí f. crackling, [i, 164, 29.] citti : cítti, 2. cittí. See √ 4. cit and 6. cit. 🔎 cítti- | nominal stemSGFACC |
| 2.21.6 | dákṣasya | dákṣa- dakṣa : dákṣa mf(A)n. able, fit, adroit, expert, clever, dexterous, industrious, intelligent, [RV.] &c. dakṣa : strong, heightening or strengthening the intellectual faculties (Soma), [ix f.] dakṣa : passable (the Ganges), [MBh. xiii, 1844] dakṣa : suitable, [BhP. iv, 6, 44]; [Bhartṛ. iii, 64] dakṣa : right (opposed to left), [RāmatUp. i, 22]; [Phetk. i] dakṣa : dákṣa m. ability, fitness, mental power, talent (cf. -kratú), strength of will, energy, disposition, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] dakṣa : evil disposition, [RV. iv, 3, 13]; [x, 139, 6] dakṣa : a particular form of temple, [Hcat. ii, 1, 390] dakṣa : a general lover, [W.] dakṣa : a cock, [Car. i], [vi] dakṣa : N. of a plant, [L.] dakṣa : fire, [L.] dakṣa : Śiva's bull, [L.] dakṣa : N. of an Āditya (identified with Prajā-pati, [TS. iii]; [ŚBr. ii]; father of Kṛttikā, [Śāntik.]), [RV. i f.], [x]; [Nir. ii], [xi] dakṣa : N. of one of the Prajā-patis ([MBh. xii, 7534]; [Hariv.]; [VP. i, 7, 5] and [22, 4]; [BhP. iii, 12, 22]; [MatsyaP. cvl, 15]; [KūrmaP.] &c., [Śak. vii, 27]; born from Brahmā's right thumb, [MBh. i], [xii]; [Hariv.] &c.; or from A-ja, ‘the unborn’, [BhP. iv, 1, 47]; or son of Pra-cetas or of the of 10 Pra-cetasas, whence called Prācetasa, [MBh. i], [xii f.]; [Hariv. 101]; [VP. i, 15]; father of 24 daughters by Pra-sūti, [VP. i, 7, 17 ff.]; [BhP.] &c.; of 50 [or 60 [MBh. xii, 6136]; [R. iii, 20, 10]; or 44 [Hariv. 11521 ff.]] daughters of whom 27 become the Moon's wives, forming the lunar asterisms, and 13 [or 17 [BhP.]; or 8 [R.]] those of Kaśyapa, becoming by this latter the mothers of gods, demons, men, and animals, while 10 are married to Dharma, [Mn. ix, 128 f.]; [MBh. i], [ix]; [xii, 7537 ff.]; [Hariv.]; [VP.] &c.; celebrating a great sacrifice [hence dakṣa syáyana, ‘N. of a sacrifice’, [Mn. vi, 10]] to obtain a son, he omitted, with the disapproval of Dadhīca, to invite Śiva, who ordered Vīra-bhadra to spoil the sacrifice, [Hariv. 12212] [identified with Viṣṇu] ff.; [VāyuP. i, 30], = [BrahmaP. i]; [LiṅgaP.]; [MatsyaP. xiii]; [VāmP. ii]-[v]; [ŚivaP. i, 8]; [KāśīKh. lxxxvii ff.]; named among the Viśve-devās, [Hariv. 11542]; [VāyuP.]; [Bṛhasp.] [[Hcat.]] &c.) dakṣa : N. of a son of Garuḍa, [MBh. v, 3597] dakṣa : of a man with the patr. Pārvati, [ŚBr. ii, 4, 4, 6] dakṣa : of a law-giver, [Yājñ. i, 5]; [Mn. ix, 88], Sch. &c. dakṣa : of a son of Uśī-nara, [BhP. ix, 23, 2] dakṣa : of one of the 5 Kānyakubja Brāhmans from whom the Bengal Brāhmansare said to have sprung, [Kṣitīś. i, 13] and [41] dakṣa : dákṣa cf. a-tūrta-, diná-, samāná; su-dákṣa; mārga-dakṣaka; dākṣāyán. dakṣa : [cf. δεξιός; Lat. dex-ter; Goth. taihsvs.] 🔎 dákṣa- | nominal stemSGMGEN |
| 2.21.6 | subhagatvám | subhagatvá- subhagatva : su—bhaga—tva n. welfare, prosperity, [RV.]; [PārGṛ.] subhagatva : favour, dearness (esp. of a wife), [VarBṛS.]; [Vās.] 🔎 subhagatvá- | nominal stemSGNACC |
| 2.21.6 | asmé | ahám aham : ahám nom. sg., ‘I’, [RV.] &c. aham : = ahaṃkaraṇa, q.v., (hence declinable gen. ahamas, &c.), [BhP.] aham : [Zd. azem; Gk. ἐγώ; Goth. ik; Mod. Germ. ich; Lith. asz; Slav. az]. 🔎 ahám | pronounPLDAT |
| 2.21.6 | póṣam | póṣa- poṣa : póṣa m. (√ puṣ) thriving, prosperity, abundance, wealth, growth, increase, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [GṛŚrS.] poṣa : nourishing, nurture, rearing, maintaining, supporting, [Kāv.]; [Pur.] &c. 🔎 póṣa- | nominal stemSGMACC |
| 2.21.6 | rayīṇā́m | rayí- ~ rāy- rayi : rayí m. or (rarely) f. (fr. √ rā; the following forms occur in the Veda, rayis, °yím, °yibhis, °yīṇām; rayyā́, °yyaí, °yyā́m; cf. 2. rai), property, goods, possessions, treasure, wealth (often personified), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [Br.]; [ŚrS.]; [ChUp.] rayi : stuff, materials, [PraśnUp.] rayi : v.l. for raji, q.v. rayi : rayí mfn. (?) rich, [RV. viii, 31, 11]; [ix, 101, 7.] 🔎 rayí- ~ rāy- | nominal stemPLMGEN |
| 2.21.6 | áriṣṭim | áriṣṭi- | nominal stemSGFACC |
| 2.21.6 | tanū́nām | tanū́- tanū : in comp. for °nú. tanū : tanū́ f. (of °nú, q.v.; acc. °nvám, [RV.] &c., [BhP. iii]; °nuvam [[Pāṇ. vi, 4, 77], Vārtt.] [BhP. vii, 9, 37]; instr. °nuvā, [iii f.]; gen. abl. °nvás, [RV.] &c.; loc. °nví & °nvī́, [RV.]; °nvā́m, [AV.] &c.; du. °nū́ [[RV. x, 183, 2]; [AV. iv, 25, 5]], °nvā́ [[RV.]], °núvau [[TBr. i, 1, 7, 3]], °nvau [see gharma-]; pl. nom. & acc. °nvás, [RV.] &c., [BhP. i]; nom. °núvas, [TBr. i, 1, 7, 3]) the body, person, self (often used like a reflexive pron.; cf. ātmán), [RV.] &c. tanū : form or manifestation, [RV.] &c. (tanū́ manyos, ‘a sign of wrath’, [PārGṛ. iii, 13, 5]). 🔎 tanū́- | nominal stemPLFGEN |
| 2.21.6 | svādmā́nam | svādmán- svādman : svādmán m. sweetness, [RV.] svādman : svā́dman (svā́°), n. id., dainty food or drink, [ib.] 🔎 svādmán- | nominal stemSGMACC |
| 2.21.6 | vācáḥ | vā́c- vāc : vā́c f. (fr. √ vac) speech, voice, talk, language (also of animals), sound (also of inanimate objects as of the stones used for pressing, of a drum &c.), [RV.] &c. &c. (vācam-√ ṛ, īr, or iṣ, to raise the voice, utter a sound, cry, call) vāc : a word, saying, phrase, sentence, statement, asseveration, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. (vācaṃ-√ vad, to speak words; vācaṃ vyā-√ hṛ, to utter words; vācaṃ-√ dā with dat., to address words to; vācā satyaṃ-√ kṛ, to promise verbally in marriage, plight troth) vāc : Speech personified (in various manners or forms, e.g. as Vāc Āmbhṛṇī in [RV. x, 125]; as the voice of the middle sphere in [Naigh.] & [Nir.]; in the Veda she is also represented as created by Prajā-pati and married to him; in other places she is called the mother of the Vedas and wife of Indra; in [VP.] she is the daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Kaśyapa; but most frequently she is identified with Bhāratī or Sarasvatī, the goddess of speech; vācaḥ sāma and vāco vratam N. of Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]; vācaḥ stomaḥ, a partic. Ekāha, [ŚrS.]) 🔎 vā́c- | nominal stemSGFGEN |
| 2.21.6 | sudinatvám | sudinatvá- | nominal stemSGNACC |
| 2.21.6 | áhnām | áhar ~ áhan- | nominal stemPLNGEN |