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nāsaṃ

1. naś or naṃś cl. 1. P. Ā. naśati, te ( aor. ānat, naṭ; anaṣṭām, nak [in praṇak] Impv. nakṣi; Ā. 1. sg. naṃśi Prec. naśīmahi; inf. naśe), to reach, attain, meet with, find, RV. [ cf. 1. aś and nakṣ; Lat. nac-tus sum ; Lith. nèszti ; Slav. nesti ; Goth. ganôhs ; Germ. genug ; Angl.Sax. genôh ; Eng.

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1. naś

1. naś or naṃś cl. 1. P. Ā. naśati, te ( aor. ānat, naṭ; anaṣṭām, nak [in praṇak] Impv. nakṣi; Ā. 1. sg. naṃśi Prec. naśīmahi; inf. naśe), to reach, attain, meet with, find, RV. [ cf. 1. aś and nakṣ; Lat. nac-tus sum ; Lith. nèszti ; Slav. nesti ; Goth. ganôhs ; Germ. genug ; Angl.Sax. genôh ; Eng. enough .]

2. naś

2. naś cl. 4. P. ( Dhātup. xxvi, 85 ) naśyati (rarely te and cl. 1. P. naśati, te; pf. nanāśa, 3. pl. neśur; aor. anaśat, MBh. &c.; aneśat, neśat, RV. ; Br. [ cf. Pat. on Pāṇ. vi, 4, 120 ]; fut. naśiṣyati, AV. ; naṅkṣyati, te [ cond. anaṅkṣyata] MBh. ; naśitā, ib. ; naṃṣṭā, Pāṇ. vii, 2, 45 ; naṅgdhā, Vop. ; inf. naśitum, naṃṣṭum Gr. ; ind.p. naśitvā, naṣṭvā, naṃṣṭvā, ib. ) to be lost, perish, disappear, be gone, run away, RV. &c. &c.; to come to nothing, be frustrated or unsuccessful, Mn. ; MBh. ; Kāv. &c.: Caus. nāśayati, ep. also te ( aor. anīnaśat; dat. inf. nāśayadhyai, RV. ) to cause to be lost or disappear, drive away, expel, remove, destroy, efface, RV. &c. &c.; to lose (also from memory), give up, MBh. ; Kāv. ; Pañc. ; to violate, deflower (a girl), Daś. ; Kull. ; to extinguish (a fire), BhP. ; to disappear (in mānīnaśah and naśuḥ), MBh. : Desid. ninaśiṣati or ninaṅkṣati, Pāṇ. vii, 1, 60 ; 2, 45 ( cf. ninaṅkṣu); Desid. of Caus. nināśayiṣati, to wish to destroy, Daś. : Intens. nānaśyate or nānaṃṣṭi Gr.

3. نَس

2. nas cl. 1. Ā. ( Dhātup. xvi, 26 ) nasate ( aor. Pot. nasīmahi, RV. ii, 16, 8 ; pf. nese; fut. nasitā Gr. ) to approach, resort to, join, copulate ( esp. as husband and wife), RV. ; to be crooked or fraudulent, Dhātup.

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  • Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. nas (vol. 2, scan p. 60; entry #885).

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