नाश

See also: नशा and नश्

Hindi edit

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 *nāśás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nāćás, from Proto-Indo-European *noḱ-ó-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 • (nāśá) stem, m

Masculine a-stem declension of नाश (nāśá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नाशः nāśáḥ	नाशौ / नाशा¹ nāśaú / nāśā́¹	नाशाः / नाशासः¹ nāśā́ḥ / nāśā́saḥ¹
Vocative	नाश nā́śa	नाशौ / नाशा¹ nā́śau / nā́śā¹	नाशाः / नाशासः¹ nā́śāḥ / nā́śāsaḥ¹
Accusative	नाशम् nāśám	नाशौ / नाशा¹ nāśaú / nāśā́¹	नाशान् nāśā́n
Instrumental	नाशेन nāśéna	नाशाभ्याम् nāśā́bhyām	नाशैः / नाशेभिः¹ nāśaíḥ / nāśébhiḥ¹
Dative	नाशाय nāśā́ya	नाशाभ्याम् nāśā́bhyām	नाशेभ्यः nāśébhyaḥ
Ablative	नाशात् nāśā́t	नाशाभ्याम् nāśā́bhyām	नाशेभ्यः nāśébhyaḥ
Genitive	नाशस्य nāśásya	नाशयोः nāśáyoḥ	नाशानाम् nāśā́nām
Locative	नाशे nāśé	नाशयोः nāśáyoḥ	नाशेषु nāśéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic