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Pali
Noun
සෙනා f
- Sinhala script form of senā (“army”)
2006, The Fifth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (II), page 558:භූතපුබ්බාහං
භන්තෙ සෙනං අබභූය්යානො සමානො ඉමෙව ඉසිදත්තපුරාණා
ථපතයො වීමංසමානො අඤ්ඤතරස්මිං සම්බාධෙ ආවසථෙ වාසං
උපගඤ්ඡිං.- Bhūtapubbāhaṃ
bhante senaṃ abbhūyyāno samāno imeva isidattapurāṇā
thapatayo vīmaṃsamāno aññatarasmiṃ sambādhe āvasathe vāsaṃ
upagañchiṃ. - Once, sir, while I was leading the army on campaign and at the same time testing these self-same chamberlains Isidatta and Purāṇa I took up residence in a certain cramped house.
Declension
Declension table of "සෙනා" (feminine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|
| Nominative (first) | සෙනා (senā) | සෙනායො (senāyo) or සෙනා (senā) |
| Accusative (second) | සෙනං (senaṃ) | සෙනායො (senāyo) or සෙනා (senā) |
| Instrumental (third) | සෙනාය (senāya) | සෙනාහි (senāhi) or සෙනාභි (senābhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | සෙනාය (senāya) | සෙනානං (senānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | සෙනාය (senāya) | සෙනාහි (senāhi) or සෙනාභි (senābhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | සෙනාය (senāya) | සෙනානං (senānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | සෙනාය (senāya) or සෙනායං (senāyaṃ) | සෙනාසු (senāsu) |
| Vocative (calling) | සෙනෙ (sene) | සෙනායො (senāyo) or සෙනා (senā) |