nis | निस् | nis
ni/s | नि/स् | ind. out, forth, away &c. (rarely used as an independent word [e.g. AV. vi, 18, 3; vii, 115, 3; xvi, 2, 1], but mostly as a prefix to verbs and their derivatives [cf. niḥ-√ kśi | निः-√ क्शि | &c. below], or to nouns not immediately connected with verbs, in which case it has the sense, ‘out of’, ‘away from’ [cf. nirvana | निर्वन |, niś-kOṣāmbi | निश्-क्Oषाम्बि | &c.] or that of a privative or negative adverb = 3. a, ‘without’, ‘destitute of’, ‘free from’, ‘un-’ [cf. nir-arṭa | निर्-अर्ट |, nir-mala | निर्-मल | &c.], or that of a strengthening particle ‘thoroughly’, ‘entirely’, ‘very’ [cf. niḥ-ṣūnya | निः-षून्य |, niś-kevala | निश्-केवल |, nir-muṛqa | निर्-मुऋक़ |]; it is liable to be changed to niḥ | निः |, nir | निर् |, niṣ | निष् |, niś | निश् |, and nī | नी |; cf. above and below).
nis | निस् | See p. 543, col. 2.
nis | निस् | See p. 543, col. 2.