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Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त(-ta) is a postposition.
*Note: Word-final ए(e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ(a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.
Often analyzed as स-(sa-, “with”) + भाष्(bhāṣ, “to speak”), taking the primary meaning as "colloquium", with the final consonant dropping out. However, the original meaning was probably "building", whence the current meaning of "assembly, hall", which would make this interpretation difficult to accept. Alternative connections to Proto-Germanic *sibjō(“relationship”), whence German Sippe(“clan”), and to Iranian are unconvincing.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 701
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 433-434