2. nI (for 1. See p. 543, col. 3 ) cl. 1. P. Ā. ( Dhātup. xxii, 5 ) nayati , °te ( pf. P. ninAya , 2. sg. nineTa , RV. , 1. pl. nInima , TS. ; Subj. ninITa/s Pot. ninIyAt , RV. ; Impv. ninetu , MaitrS. ; Ā. ninye , Br. &c.; -nayAm Asa , MBh. ; -nayAM cakre , R. ; aor. P. 3. du. anItAm , Subj. ne/zi , neTA/ or neTa/ , RV. ; anEzIt Subj. nezati , °zat , 3. pl. Ā. anezata , ib. ; anayIt , AV. ; fut. nezyati , AV. ; °te , Br. ; nayizyati , °te , MBh. ; R. ; ne/tA , nayitA , ib. ; ind.p. nItvA , Br. &c.; nayitvA , MBh. ; -nI/ya , AV. &c.; inf. neza/Ri , RV. ; ne/tavE , °tos and nayitum , Br. ; ne/tum , ib. &c. &c.), to lead, guide, conduct, direct, govern (also with agram and gen. ; cf. agra-RI ), RV. &c. &c.; to lead &c. towards or to ( acc. with or without prati dat. , loc. or arTam 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 vaSam , to bring into subjection, subdue [ Ā. RV. x, 84, 3 ; AV. v, 19, 5 ; P. Ragh. viii, 19 ]; with SUdra-tAm , to reduce to a Śūdra , Mn. iii, 15 ; with sAkzyam [ Ā. ], to admit as a witness, viii, 197 ; with vyAGra-tAm , to change into a tiger, Hit. ; with vikrayam , to sell, Yājñ. ; with paritozam , to satisfy, Pañc. ; with duHKam , to pain, Amar. ; rarely, with loc. , e.g. duhitf-tve , to make a person one's daughter, R. i, 44, 38 ; or with an adv. in -sAt , e.g. BasmasAt to reduce to ashes, Pañc. i, 198/199 ); to draw (a line &c.), ŚāṅkhŚr. ; Sūryas. ; to pass or spend (time), Yājñ. ; Kāv. &c.; (with daRqam ) to bear the rod i.e. inflict punishment, Mn. ; Yājñ. (with vyavahAram ) to conduct a process, Yājñ. ; (with kriyAm ) to conduct a ceremony, preside over a religious act, MBh. ; to trace, track, find out, ascertain, settle, decide (with anyaTA , ‘wrongly’), Mn. ; Yājñ. ; MBh. &c.; ( Ā. ) to be foremost or chief, Pāṇ. i, 3, 36 : Caus. nAyayati , °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. ni/nIzati , te ( AV. xix, 50, 5 , w.r. ninezati ), 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. nenIya/te to lead as a captive, have in one's power, rule, govern, TS. ; VS. ; MBh.
4. nI P. ny-eti (3. pl. ni-yanti ; p. -yat ; impf. ny-Ayan ind.p. nI tya ), to go into ( cf. nyAya ), enter, come or fall into, incur ( acc. ), RV. ; AV. ; TS. ; ŚBr. ; to undergo the nature of i.e. to be changed into ( °BAvam ), RPrāt.
5. nI in comp. = 1. ni ( p. 538, col. 3 ).
nI 1 U. ( nayati-te, ninAya ninye , anEzIta-anezwa, nezyati-te, netuM, nIta ) (One of the roots that govern two accusatives, see examples below) 1 To carry, lead, bring, convey, take, conduct; ajAM grAmaM nayati Sk; naya mAM navena vasatiM payomucA V. 4. 43. 2 To guide, direct, govern; M. 1. 2. 3 To lead away to, carry or bring away; sItA laMkAM nItA surAriRA Bk. 6. 49 ; R. 12. 103 ; Ms. 6. 88. 4 To carry off; Śānti. 3. 5. 5 To carry off for oneself (Atm). 6 To spend, or pass (as time); yenAmaMdamaraMde daladaraviMde dinAnyanAyizata Bv. 1. 10 ; nItvA mAsAn katicit Me. 2 ; saMvizwaH kuSaSayane niSAM ninAya R. 1. 95. 7 To bring or reduce any person to any state or condition; tamapi taralatAmanayadanaMgaH K. 143 ; nItastvayA paMcatAM Ratn. 3. 3 ; R. 8. 19. ( pb ) (In this sense the root is used with substantives much in the same way as kf q. v. ; e. g. duHKaM nI to reduce to misery; vaSaM nI to reduce to subjection, win over; astaM nI to cause to set; vinASaM nI to destroy; paritozaM nI to gratify, please; SUdratAM-dAsatvaM &c. nI to reduce to the state of a Śūdra, slave &c.; sAkzyaM nI to admit as a witness; daMqaM nI to inflict punishment upon, to punish; punaruktatAM nI to render superfluous; vikrayaM nI to sell; BasmatAM-BasmasAt-nI to reduce to ashes &c. &c.). 8 To ascertain, investigate, inquire into, settle, decide; CalaM nirasya BUtena vyavahArAnnayennfpaH Y. 2. 19 ; evaM SAstrezu Binnezu bahuDA nIyate kriyA Mb. 9 To trace, track, find out; etErligErnayet sImAM Ms. 8. 252 , 256 ; yaTA nayatyasfkpAtErmfgasya mfgayuH padaM 8. 44 ; Y. 2. 151. 10 To marry. 11 To exclude from. 12 ( Atm. ) To instruct, give instruction in; SAstre nayate Sk. — Caus. ( nAyayati-te ) To cause to lead, carry &c. (with instr. of agent); tena mAM sarastIramanAyayat K. 38. — Desid. ( ninIzati-te ) To wish to carry &c.
nI m. (Used at the end of comp. ) A leader, guide; as in grAmaRI, senAnI , agraRI .