nī | नी | nI
1. nī | नी | for nis | निस् | (q.v.) before r.
2. nī | नी | (for 1. See p. 543, col. 3) cl. 1. P. Ā. (Dhātup. xxii, 5) nayati | नयति |, ˚te | ˚ते | (pf. P. nināya | निनाय |, 2. sg. nineṭa | निनेट |, RV., 1. pl. nīnima | नीनिम |, TS.; Subj. ninīṭa/s | निनीट/स् | Pot. ninīyāt | निनीयात् |, RV.; Impv. ninetu | निनेतु |, MaitrS.; Ā. ninye | निन्ये |, Br. &c.; -nayām āsa | -नयाम् आस |, MBh.; -nayāṃ cakre | -नयां चक्रे |, R.; aor. P. 3. du. anītām | अनीताम् |, Subj. ne/śi | ने/शि |, neṭā/ | नेटा/ | or neṭa/ | नेट/ |, RV.; anEśīt | अन्Eशीत् | Subj. neśati | नेशति |, ˚śat | ˚शत् |, 3. pl. Ā. aneśata | अनेशत |, ib.; anayīt | अनयीत् |, AV.; fut. neśyati | नेश्यति |, AV.; ˚te | ˚ते |, Br.; nayiśyati | नयिश्यति |, ˚te | ˚ते |, MBh.; R.; ne/tā | ने/ता |, nayitā | नयिता |, ib.; ind.p. nītvā | नीत्वा |, Br. &c.; nayitvā | नयित्वा |, MBh.; -nī/ya | -नी/य |, AV. &c.; inf. neśa/ṛi | नेश/ऋइ |, RV.; ne/tavE | ने/तव्E |, ˚tos | ˚तोस् | and nayitum | नयितुम् |, Br.; ne/tum | ने/तुम् |, ib. &c. &c.), to lead, guide, conduct, direct, govern (also with agram | अग्रम् | and gen.; cf. agra-ṛī | अग्र-ऋई |), RV. &c. &c.; to lead &c. towards or to (acc. with or without prati | प्रति |, dat., loc. or arṭam | अर्टम् | 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 vaṣam | वषम् |, to bring into subjection, subdue [Ā. RV. x, 84, 3; AV. v, 19, 5; P. Ragh. viii, 19]; with ṣūdra-tām | षूद्र-ताम् |, to reduce to a Śūdra, Mn. iii, 15; with sākśyam | साक्श्यम् | [Ā.], to admit as a witness, viii, 197; with vyāṅra-tām | व्याङ्र-ताम् |, to change into a tiger, Hit.; with vikrayam | विक्रयम् |, to sell, Yājñ.; with paritośam | परितोशम् |, to satisfy, Pañc.; with duḥKam | दुःKअम् |, to pain, Amar.; rarely, with loc., e.g. duhitf-tve | दुहित्फ़्-त्वे |, to make a person one's daughter, R. i, 44, 38; or with an adv. in -sāt | -सात् |, e.g. Basmasāt | Bअस्मसात् | to reduce to ashes, Pañc. i, 198/199); to draw (a line &c.), ŚāṅkhŚr.; Sūryas.; to pass or spend (time), Yājñ.; Kāv. &c.; (with daṛqam | दऋक़म् |) to bear the rod i.e. inflict punishment, Mn.; Yājñ. (with vyavahāram | व्यवहारम् |) to conduct a process, Yājñ.; (with kriyām | क्रियाम् |) to conduct a ceremony, preside over a religious act, MBh.; to trace, track, find out, ascertain, settle, decide (with anyaṭā | अन्यटा |, ‘wrongly’), Mn.; Yājñ.; MBh. &c.; (Ā.) to be foremost or chief, Pāṇ. i, 3, 36 : Caus. nāyayati | नाययति |, ˚te | ˚ते |, to cause to lead &c.; to cause to be led by (instr.), Mn. v, 104 (cf. Pāṇ. i, 4, 52, Vārtt. 5, Pat.) : Desid. ni/nīśati | नि/नीशति |, te | ते | (AV. xix, 50, 5, w.r. nineśati | निनेशति |), 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. nenīya/te | नेनीय/ते | to lead as a captive, have in one's power, rule, govern, TS.; VS.; MBh.
3. nī | नी | mfn. leading, guiding, a leader or guide (mostly ifc., cf. Pāṇ. iii, 2, 61 and agra-ṛī | अग्र-ऋई |, agreṛī | अग्रेऋई |; but also alone, cf. vi, 4, 77; 82 &c.)
4. nī | नी | P. ny-eti | न्य्-एति | (3. pl. ni-yanti | नि-यन्ति |; p. -yat | -यत् |; impf. ny-āyan | न्य्-आयन् | ind.p. nītya | नीत्य |), to go into (cf. nyāya | न्याय |), enter, come or fall into, incur (acc.), RV.; AV.; TS.; ŚBr.; to undergo the nature of i.e. to be changed into (˚Bāvam | ˚Bआवम् |), RPrāt.
5. nī | नी | in comp. = 1. ni | नि | (p. 538, col. 3).
2. nī | नी | (for 1. See p. 543, col. 3) cl. 1. P. Ā. (Dhātup. xxii, 5) nayati | नयति |, ˚te | ˚ते | (pf. P. nināya | निनाय |, 2. sg. nineṭa | निनेट |, RV., 1. pl. nīnima | नीनिम |, TS.; Subj. ninīṭa/s | निनीट/स् | Pot. ninīyāt | निनीयात् |, RV.; Impv. ninetu | निनेतु |, MaitrS.; Ā. ninye | निन्ये |, Br. &c.; -nayām āsa | -नयाम् आस |, MBh.; -nayāṃ cakre | -नयां चक्रे |, R.; aor. P. 3. du. anītām | अनीताम् |, Subj. ne/śi | ने/शि |, neṭā/ | नेटा/ | or neṭa/ | नेट/ |, RV.; anEśīt | अन्Eशीत् | Subj. neśati | नेशति |, ˚śat | ˚शत् |, 3. pl. Ā. aneśata | अनेशत |, ib.; anayīt | अनयीत् |, AV.; fut. neśyati | नेश्यति |, AV.; ˚te | ˚ते |, Br.; nayiśyati | नयिश्यति |, ˚te | ˚ते |, MBh.; R.; ne/tā | ने/ता |, nayitā | नयिता |, ib.; ind.p. nītvā | नीत्वा |, Br. &c.; nayitvā | नयित्वा |, MBh.; -nī/ya | -नी/य |, AV. &c.; inf. neśa/ṛi | नेश/ऋइ |, RV.; ne/tavE | ने/तव्E |, ˚tos | ˚तोस् | and nayitum | नयितुम् |, Br.; ne/tum | ने/तुम् |, ib. &c. &c.), to lead, guide, conduct, direct, govern (also with agram | अग्रम् | and gen.; cf. agra-ṛī | अग्र-ऋई |), RV. &c. &c.; to lead &c. towards or to (acc. with or without prati | प्रति |, dat., loc. or arṭam | अर्टम् | 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 vaṣam | वषम् |, to bring into subjection, subdue [Ā. RV. x, 84, 3; AV. v, 19, 5; P. Ragh. viii, 19]; with ṣūdra-tām | षूद्र-ताम् |, to reduce to a Śūdra, Mn. iii, 15; with sākśyam | साक्श्यम् | [Ā.], to admit as a witness, viii, 197; with vyāṅra-tām | व्याङ्र-ताम् |, to change into a tiger, Hit.; with vikrayam | विक्रयम् |, to sell, Yājñ.; with paritośam | परितोशम् |, to satisfy, Pañc.; with duḥKam | दुःKअम् |, to pain, Amar.; rarely, with loc., e.g. duhitf-tve | दुहित्फ़्-त्वे |, to make a person one's daughter, R. i, 44, 38; or with an adv. in -sāt | -सात् |, e.g. Basmasāt | Bअस्मसात् | to reduce to ashes, Pañc. i, 198/199); to draw (a line &c.), ŚāṅkhŚr.; Sūryas.; to pass or spend (time), Yājñ.; Kāv. &c.; (with daṛqam | दऋक़म् |) to bear the rod i.e. inflict punishment, Mn.; Yājñ. (with vyavahāram | व्यवहारम् |) to conduct a process, Yājñ.; (with kriyām | क्रियाम् |) to conduct a ceremony, preside over a religious act, MBh.; to trace, track, find out, ascertain, settle, decide (with anyaṭā | अन्यटा |, ‘wrongly’), Mn.; Yājñ.; MBh. &c.; (Ā.) to be foremost or chief, Pāṇ. i, 3, 36 : Caus. nāyayati | नाययति |, ˚te | ˚ते |, to cause to lead &c.; to cause to be led by (instr.), Mn. v, 104 (cf. Pāṇ. i, 4, 52, Vārtt. 5, Pat.) : Desid. ni/nīśati | नि/नीशति |, te | ते | (AV. xix, 50, 5, w.r. nineśati | निनेशति |), 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. nenīya/te | नेनीय/ते | to lead as a captive, have in one's power, rule, govern, TS.; VS.; MBh.
3. nī | नी | mfn. leading, guiding, a leader or guide (mostly ifc., cf. Pāṇ. iii, 2, 61 and agra-ṛī | अग्र-ऋई |, agreṛī | अग्रेऋई |; but also alone, cf. vi, 4, 77; 82 &c.)
4. nī | नी | P. ny-eti | न्य्-एति | (3. pl. ni-yanti | नि-यन्ति |; p. -yat | -यत् |; impf. ny-āyan | न्य्-आयन् | ind.p. nītya | नीत्य |), to go into (cf. nyāya | न्याय |), enter, come or fall into, incur (acc.), RV.; AV.; TS.; ŚBr.; to undergo the nature of i.e. to be changed into (˚Bāvam | ˚Bआवम् |), RPrāt.
5. nī | नी | in comp. = 1. ni | नि | (p. 538, col. 3).