puṃs 1 · puṃs 2
Puṃs [Vedic puṃs (weak base) and pumāṃs (strong base), often opposed to strī (woman, female); cf. putra and potaka]. Of the simplex no forms are found in Pāli proper. The base puṃ occurs in pukusa (?), puggala (?), puṅgava, pulliṅga; puṃs in napuṃsaka (cf. Prākrit napuṃsaveya Pischel, Pkt Gram. §412). The role of puṃs as contrast to itthi has in Pāli been taken over by purisa, except in itthi-pumā at the old passage D III 85. The strong base is in Pāli puman (q.v.). See also posa 1 . [BD]: puman: manusa human, man.
(ind, ind, in comps) male
(ind, ind) (gram) masculine gender