नाश

See also: नशा and नश्

Hindi

नाश • (nāś) m (Urdu spelling ناش)

destruction, devastation
अन्त में, जूए से उसका नाश हुआ।
ant mẽ, jūe se uskā nāś huā.
In the end, gambling was his destruction.
waste
यह सब बहुत बड़ा समय का नाश है।
yah sab bahut baṛā samay kā nāś hai.
All this is a huge waste of time.

Declension of नाश (masc cons-stem)

Platts, John T. (1884) “नाश”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

नाश • (nāś) m

Declension of नाश (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	नाश nāś
direct plural	नाश nāś
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	नाश nāś	नाश nāś
oblique सामान्यरूप	नाशा nāśā	नाशां- nāśān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	नाशाला nāśālā	नाशांना nāśānnā
ergative	नाशाने, नाशानं nāśāne, nāśāna	नाशांनी nāśānnī
instrumental	नाशाशी nāśāśī	नाशांशी nāśānśī
locative सप्तमी	नाशात nāśāt	नाशांत nāśāt
vocative संबोधन	नाशा nāśā	नाशांनो nāśānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of नाश (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular^* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	oblique सामान्यरूप
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	नाशाचा nāśāċā	नाशाचे nāśāċe	नाशाची nāśācī	नाशाच्या nāśācā	नाशाचे, नाशाचं nāśāċe, nāśāċa	नाशाची nāśācī	नाशाच्या nāśācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	नाशांचा nāśānċā	नाशांचे nāśānċe	नाशांची nāśāñcī	नाशांच्या nāśāncā	नाशांचे, नाशांचं nāśānċe, nāśānċa	नाशांची nāśāñcī	नाशांच्या nāśāñcā
^* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Berntsen, Maxine, “नाश”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.

Alternative scripts

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *nā́śas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nā́ćas, from Proto-Indo-European *nóḱ-o-s, from *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós, “dead body”), Middle Welsh angheu (“death”), Breton ankou, Old Irish éc, Latin noxius (“harmful”), Latin nocēre (“to hurt, harm”), Latin nex (“murder, violent death”) (as opposed to mors), Old Persian 𐎻𐎴𐎰𐎹𐎫𐎹 (vi-n-θ-y-t-y /⁠vi-nathayatiy⁠/, “he injures”), Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (nasiieⁱti, “disappears”). See also Sanskrit नशति (naśati, “finds, disappears”) and Sanskrit नाशयति (nāśayati, “to ruin, spoil”).

नाश • (nāśa) stem, m

Masculine a-stem declension of नाश (nāśa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नाशः nāśaḥ	नाशौ / नाशा¹ nāśau / nāśā¹	नाशाः / नाशासः¹ nāśāḥ / nāśāsaḥ¹
Vocative	नाश nāśa	नाशौ / नाशा¹ nāśau / nāśā¹	नाशाः / नाशासः¹ nāśāḥ / nāśāsaḥ¹
Accusative	नाशम् nāśam	नाशौ / नाशा¹ nāśau / nāśā¹	नाशान् nāśān
Instrumental	नाशेन nāśena	नाशाभ्याम् nāśābhyām	नाशैः / नाशेभिः¹ nāśaiḥ / nāśebhiḥ¹
Dative	नाशाय nāśāya	नाशाभ्याम् nāśābhyām	नाशेभ्यः nāśebhyaḥ
Ablative	नाशात् nāśāt	नाशाभ्याम् nāśābhyām	नाशेभ्यः nāśebhyaḥ
Genitive	नाशस्य nāśasya	नाशयोः nāśayoḥ	नाशानाम् nāśānām
Locative	नाशे nāśe	नाशयोः nāśayoḥ	नाशेषु nāśeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic