नश्यति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

নশ্যতি (Assamese script)
ᬦᬰ᭄ᬬᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
নশ্যতি (Bengali script)
𑰡𑰫𑰿𑰧𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀦𑀰𑁆𑀬𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
နၐျတိ (Burmese script)
નશ્યતિ (Gujarati script)
ਨਸ਼੍ਯਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌨𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦤꦯꦾꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂢𑂬𑂹𑂨𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ನಶ್ಯತಿ (Kannada script)
នឝ្យតិ (Khmer script)
ນຨ຺ຍຕິ (Lao script)
നശ്യതി (Malayalam script)
ᠨᠠᡧᠶᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘡𑘫𑘿𑘧𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠨᠠᠱᠶ᠋ᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧁𑧋𑧠𑧇𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐣𑐱𑑂𑐫𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ନଶ୍ଯତି (Odia script)
ꢥꢯ꣄ꢫꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆤𑆯𑇀𑆪𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖡𑖫𑖿𑖧𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
නශ්‍යති (Sinhalese script)
𑩯𑩿 𑪙𑩻𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚝𑚧𑚶𑚣𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
நஶ்யதி (Tamil script)
నశ్యతి (Telugu script)
นศฺยติ (Thai script)
ན་ཤྱ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒢𑒬𑓂𑒨𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨝𑨮𑩇𑨪𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *neḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *náćyati

Sanskrit नश्य॑ति

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *náśyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náćyati, from Proto-Indo-European *néḱ-ye-ti, ye-present form of the root *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ́ɕ.jɐ.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐɕ.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

नश्य॑ति • (náśyati) third-singular indicative (class 4, type P, root नश्)

to be lost
to perish
to disappear
to be gone
to run away

Conjugation

Present: नश्य॑ति (náśyati), नश्य॑ते (náśyate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	नश्य॑ति náśyati	नश्य॑तः náśyataḥ	नश्य॑न्ति náśyanti	नश्य॑ते náśyate	नश्ये॑ते náśyete	नश्य॑न्ते náśyante
Second	नश्य॑सि náśyasi	नश्य॑थः náśyathaḥ	नश्य॑थ náśyatha	नश्य॑से náśyase	नश्ये॑थे náśyethe	नश्य॑ध्वे náśyadhve
First	नश्या॑मि náśyāmi	नश्या॑वः náśyāvaḥ	नश्या॑मः / नश्या॑मसि¹ náśyāmaḥ / náśyāmasi¹	नश्ये॑ náśye	नश्या॑वहे náśyāvahe	नश्या॑महे náśyāmahe
Imperative
Third	नश्य॑तु náśyatu	नश्य॑ताम् náśyatām	नश्य॑न्तु náśyantu	नश्य॑ताम् náśyatām	नश्ये॑ताम् náśyetām	नश्य॑न्ताम् náśyantām
Second	नश्य॑ náśya	नश्य॑तम् náśyatam	नश्य॑त náśyata	नश्य॑स्व náśyasva	नश्ये॑थाम् náśyethām	नश्य॑ध्वम् náśyadhvam
First	नश्या॑नि náśyāni	नश्या॑व náśyāva	नश्या॑म náśyāma	नश्यै॑ náśyai	नश्या॑वहै náśyāvahai	नश्या॑महै náśyāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	नश्ये॑त् náśyet	नश्ये॑ताम् náśyetām	नश्ये॑युः náśyeyuḥ	नश्ये॑त náśyeta	नश्ये॑याताम् náśyeyātām	नश्ये॑रन् náśyeran
Second	नश्येः॑ náśyeḥ	नश्ये॑तम् náśyetam	नश्ये॑त náśyeta	नश्ये॑थाः náśyethāḥ	नश्ये॑याथाम् náśyeyāthām	नश्ये॑ध्वम् náśyedhvam
First	नश्ये॑यम् náśyeyam	नश्ये॑व náśyeva	नश्ये॑म náśyema	नश्ये॑य náśyeya	नश्ये॑वहि náśyevahi	नश्ये॑महि náśyemahi
Subjunctive
Third	नश्या॑त् / नश्या॑ति náśyāt / náśyāti	नश्या॑तः náśyātaḥ	नश्या॑न् náśyān	नश्या॑ते / नश्या॑तै náśyāte / náśyātai	नश्यै॑ते náśyaite	नश्य॑न्त / नश्या॑न्तै náśyanta / náśyāntai
Second	नश्याः॑ / नश्या॑सि náśyāḥ / náśyāsi	नश्या॑थः náśyāthaḥ	नश्या॑थ náśyātha	नश्या॑से / नश्या॑सै náśyāse / náśyāsai	नश्यै॑थे náśyaithe	नश्या॑ध्वै náśyādhvai
First	नश्या॑नि náśyāni	नश्या॑व náśyāva	नश्या॑म náśyāma	नश्यै॑ náśyai	नश्या॑वहै náśyāvahai	नश्या॑महै náśyāmahai
Participles
	नश्य॑त् náśyat			नश्य॑मान náśyamāna
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic

Descendants

Dardic:
- Domaaki: [script needed] (naš)
- Kalasha: nāšik (“to die”)
- Kashmiri: نَشُن (naśun)
- Kohistani Shina: [script needed] (nošōnu)
- Shina: [script needed] (našoiki)
- Shumashti: [script needed] (nas, “to flow”)
- Wotapuri-Katarqalai: [script needed] (naš, “to rot, spoil”)
Pali: nassati
Prakrit: 𑀡𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀇 (ṇassaï), 𑀡𑀸𑀲𑀇 (ṇāsaï) (see there for further descendants)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “नश्यति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0532.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “náśyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press