The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

ninnamati>unnamati). On the other hand a compn with nis is subject to the rules of assimilation, viz. either
doubling of cons. (nibbhoga=nir -- bhoga) where vv is represented by bb (nibbi**a fr. nir -- vindati), or
lengthening of ni to n" (n"y!deti as well as niyy˚; n"harati=nir+har), or single cons. in the special cases of r
& v (niroga besides n"roga for nirroga, cp. duratta >d(rakkha; nive&heti=nibbe&heti,
niv!reti=*nivv!reti=n"v!reti). Before a vowel the sandhi -- cons. r is restored: nir -- aya, nir -- upadhi etc. --
2. Both ni & nis are base -- prefixes only, & of stable, well -- defined character, i. e. never enter combns
with other prefixes as first (modifying) components in verb -- function (like sa', vi etc.), although nis
occurs in such combn in noun -- cpds. negating the whole term: nir -- upadhi, nis -- sa'saya etc. 3. ni is
freq. emphasised by sa' as sa'ni˚ (tud, dh!, pat, sad); nis most freq. by abhi as abhinis˚ (nam, pad, vatt,
har). B. Meanings. 1. ni (with secondary derivations like n"ca "low") is a verb -- pref. only, i. e. it
characterises action with respect to its direction, which is that of (a) a downward motion (opp. abhi & ud);
(b) often implying the aim (=down into, on to, cp. Lat. sub in subire, or pref. ad˚); or (c) the reverting of an
upward motion=back (identical with b); e. g. (a) ni -- dh! (put down), ˚kkhip (throw d.), ˚guh (hide d.), ˚ci
(heap up), ˚pad (fall d.), ˚sad (sit d.); (b) ni -- ratta (at -- tached to), ˚mant (speak to); ˚yuj (ap -- point), ˚ved
(ad -- dress), ˚sev (be devoted to) etc.; (c) ni -- vatt (turn back). -- 2. nis (a) as verb -- pref. it denotes the
directional "out" with further development to "away from, opposite, without," pointing out the finishing,
completion or vanishing of an action & through the latter idea often assuming the meaning of the reverse,
disappearance or contrary of an action="un" (Lat. dis -- ), e. g. nikkhamati (to go out from) opp. pavisati (to
enter into), ˚ccharati (nis to car to go forth), ˚ddhamati (throw out), ˚pajjati (result from), ˚bbattati (vatt
spring out from), n"harati (take out), nirodhati (break up, destroy). -- (b) as nounpref. it denotes "being
without" or "not having"= E. -- less, e. g. niccola without clothes, ˚tta*ha (without thirst), ˚ppurisa (without
a man), ˚pphala (without fruit); niccala motion -- less, ˚kkaru*a (heartless), ˚ddosa (fault˚), ˚ma'sa (flesh˚),
˚sa'saya (doubt˚) nirattha (useless), ˚bbhaya (fear˚). -- Bdhgh evidently takes ni -- in meaning of nis only,
when defining: ni -- saddo abh!va' d"peti Vism 495.
Nikacca
Nikacca see nikati.
Nika&&ha
Nika&&ha (adj.) [cp. Sk. nik%+&a, ni+kasati] brought down, debased, low. As one kind of puggala (n --
k!ya+ncitta) A ii.137. loc. nika&&he (adv.) near J iii.438= ThA 105 (v. 33) (=santike J iii.438).
Nika**ika
Nika**ika (adj.) under (4) ears, secret, cp. catukka**a J iii.124; nt. adv. secretly Vin iv.270, 271.
Nikata
Nikata (adj.) [Sk. nik%ta, ni+karoti "done down"] deceived, cheated M i.511 (+vañcita paladdha); S iv.307
(+vañcita paluddha).
Nikati
Nikati (f.) [Sk. nik%ti, see prec.] fraud, deceit, cheating D i.5 (=DA i.80 pa&ir(pakena vañcana'); iii.176; Sn
242 (=nir!sa' -- kara*a' SnA 286); J i.223; Pv iii.95 (+vañcana); Pug 19, 23, 58; VvA 114; PvA 211
(pa&ir(padassanena paresa' vik!ro). -- instr. nikatiy! (metri causa) J i.223, nikaty! J ii.183, nikacca S i.24.
Cp. nekatika.
Nikanta