ṇi

1. ni ind. down, back, in, into, within (except, AV. x, 8, 7 always prefixed either to verbs or to nouns; in the latter case it has also the meaning of negation or privation [ cf. ‘down-hearted’ = heartless]; sometimes w.r. for nis)

2. nī (for 1. See p. 543, col. 3 ) cl. 1. P. Ā. ( Dhātup. xxii, 5 ) nayati, te ( pf. P. nināya, 2. sg. ninetha, RV. , 1. pl. nīnima, TS. ; Subj. ninīthas Pot. ninīyāt, RV. ; Impv. ninetu, MaitrS. ; Ā. ninye, Br. &c.; nayāmāsa, MBh. ; nayāṃcakre, R. ; aor. P. 3. du. anītām, Subj. neṣi, nethā or netha, RV. ; anaiṣīt Subj. neṣati, ṣat, 3. pl. Ā. aneṣata, ib. ; anayīt, AV. ; fut. neṣyati, AV. ; te, Br. ; nayiṣyati, te, MBh. ; R. ; netā, nayitā, ib. ; ind.p. nītvā, Br. &c.; nayitvā, MBh. ; nīya, AV. &c.; inf. neṣaṇi, RV. ; netavai, tos and nayitum, Br. ; netum, ib. &c. &c.), to lead, guide, conduct, direct, govern (also with agram and gen. ; cf. agraṇī), RV. &c. &c.; to lead &c. towards or to ( acc. with or without prati dat. , loc. or artham ifc. ), ib. ; to lead or keep away, exclude from ( abl. ), AitBr. ; ( Ā. ) to carry off for one's self (as a victor, owner &c.), AV. ; TĀr. ; MBh. ; ( Ā. , rarely P. ) to lead home i.e. marry, MBh. ; R. ; to bring into any state or condition (with acc. , e.g. with vaśam, to bring into subjection, subdue [ Ā. RV. x, 84, 3 ; AV. v, 19, 5 ; P. Ragh. viii, 19 ]; with śūdratām, to reduce to a Śūdra , Mn. iii, 15 ; with sākṣyam [ Ā. ], to admit as a witness, viii, 197 ; with vyāghratām, to change into a tiger, Hit. ; with vikrayam, to sell, Yājñ. ; with paritoṣam, to satisfy, Pañc. ; with duḥkham, to pain, Amar. ; rarely, with loc. , e.g. duhitṛtve, to make a person one's daughter, R. i, 44, 38 ; or with an adv. in sāt, e.g. bhasmasāt to reduce to ashes, Pañc. i, 198/199 ); to draw (a line &c.), ŚāṅkhŚr. ; Sūryas. ; to pass or spend (time), Yājñ. ; Kāv. &c.; (with daṇḍam) to bear the rod i.e. inflict punishment, Mn. ; Yājñ. (with vyavahāram) to conduct a process, Yājñ. ; (with kriyām) to conduct a ceremony, preside over a religious act, MBh. ; to trace, track, find out, ascertain, settle, decide (with anyathā, ‘wrongly’), Mn. ; Yājñ. ; MBh. &c.; ( Ā. ) to be foremost or chief, Pāṇ. i, 3, 36 : Caus. nāyayati, te, to cause to lead &c.; to cause to be led by ( instr. ), Mn. v, 104 ( cf. Pāṇ. i, 4, 52 , Vārtt. 5, Pat. ) : Desid. ninīṣati, te ( AV. xix, 50, 5 , w.r. nineṣati), to wish to lead or bring or carry to or into ( acc. or dat. ), AV. ; Up. ; MBh. &c.; to wish to carry away, R. ; to wish to spend or pass (time), Naiṣ. ; to wish to exclude from ( abl. ), AitBr. ; to wish to find out or ascertain, investigate, MBh. : Intens. nenīyate to lead as a captive, have in one's power, rule, govern, TS. ; VS. ; MBh.

4. nī P. nyeti (3. pl. niyanti; p. yat; impf. nyāyan ind.p. nI tya ), to go into ( cf. nyāya), enter, come or fall into, incur ( acc. ), RV. ; AV. ; TS. ; ŚBr. ; to undergo the nature of i.e. to be changed into (bhāvam), RPrāt.