MUT 



NISI 



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mrj-, marsti, p.p. mrsta-. Cf. mux- 

 aw-'ek. §33,5- 

 mut, the fist. 



? Borrowed from P. mut. • 

 Prs. must; W. mos^ ; Sq. mut. 

 Av. miiUi- ; Skr. musti-. 

 maw" , f., a mother. 



Prs. ma^, mddar ; Kurd, mdk ; Ks. 

 wfl*, moyrt; Bal. mae; P. mor; Hn. 

 7nd. 



Av. Skr. mdtar-. H. 956. §§ 15, 

 7; 20, la; 33, 6. 

 may a, a flock, a herd. 

 myandenl, f., a mare. 



? A loan-word from Prs. madiydn, 

 P. mddyan. 



Av. Skr. mdtar-. § 13, 4. 

 myaur (pi. wyawrj), m., a peacock. 

 Hn., P. and Bal. wor. 

 Skr. may lira-. §§ 13, i, 4. 

 mydsl (pi. mydsai), f., a mosquito. 



Borrowed from P. mdsai. §§ 13, 



4; 47; 49- 

 mizdik (pi. mizdicl), m., a mosque. 



Ar. masjid. Cf. Bal. maslt. 



m^z-^ek (p.p.f. m'zak), to be twisted (of 



string, rope, etc.). 



no, see w^/i. 



waci (pi. the same), f., a white ant. 

 noy^k (p.p.f. nayak ; aor. sg. 2, ms, 3, 

 m'sO, to emerge, issue. Cf. ayok. 



Skr. niY-{-\/gam^, p.p. nirgata-. 

 For the present stem, cf . Skr. nih-{- 

 Vsr-, nihsarati. ^^i,^; 5, 16; 15, 

 6; 24, 26; 86. 

 n^h, card., nine. §§ 18, la , 63. no-jlstu, 

 twenty-nine. § 63. 

 Prs. Bal. nuh; P. noh. 

 Av. Skr. wayt?. 

 n'ham, ord., ninth. 



Prs. nuhum; P. nam. 



Av. nauma- ; Skr. navama-. The 

 ^ in n"ham is modern. See H. 1056. 



§63. 

 ;«a^, neg. adv., not. Cf. mak. 



Av. Skr. wa. The k of wa/s is the 

 -^a-suffix. §§21, ^d ; 96-7; loi. 

 -nak, see axwara-nak and tra-nak. § 46. 

 ?*a^, f ., a wife. 7^^^ kayek, to take a wife, 

 to marry a woman. 



The word may be the p.p.f. of 

 nyok, to put, q.v. 

 n-ok (p.p.f. nak ; aor. sg. 2, nis,^, nisa), to 

 seize, catch hold of. 



P. niwul, pres. sg. 3, nisi. 

 Cf . Skr. x^lah' ; Prakrit >//^-, take. 

 In modern India this root generally 

 preserves the I, but in Ksm. it be- 

 comes ni-. I can make no sugges- 

 tion as to the origin of the present 

 base nis-. §§ 18, 2 ; 86. 

 niktz-^'ek (p.p.f. nikizak ; aor. sg. 2, niktz, 

 3, nikizl), to throw down ; to throw, 

 propel. 

 ndlattl, pi., swine. The singular form of 



this word is not available. 

 nim-'ek (p.p.f. nimak; aor. sg. 2, nim, 3, 

 niml), to descend. 



Skr. \/nam-, namati. This would 

 lead us to suppose that here, as else- 

 where, i represents ". See § i, Rem. 

 I. §§ 5, 2 ; 18, la ; 20, la. " 

 mm, the nose. 



? Prs. bini; Bal. gin, breath. 

 Av. vaend-, the breather, the nose. 

 The origin of the initial n is obscure. 

 Can we postulate an Av. *ni-vaend-} 

 nar , f., a house. 

 nors, see no^. 

 norl (pi. the same), f., bread. 



Borrowed from P. nwaral. See 

 BLA. 153. 

 nisa, see nok. 

 nisi, see na-^h. 



