(v. intr.) to perish, to be lost or destroyed, to disappear, come to an end Snp.666 (na hi nassati kassaci kammaṃ); Iti.90; Ja.i.81, Ja.i.116, Ja.i.150; pret. nassaṃ (prohib.) Snp.1120, pl anassāma MN.i.177; aor. nassi AN.iii.54 (mā nassi prohib.) Ja.iv.137 (cakkhūni ˚iṃsu: the eyes failed); fut. nassisati Ja.i.5; cond. nassissa Ja.ii.112
caus nāseti (q.v.) See also pa˚.
Ved. naś; naśyati & naśati, cp. Gr.; νέκυς, νεκρός (corpse), νέκταρ (“overcoming death = nec + tr̥, cp. tarati); Lat. neco, noceo, noxius