NEITHER ,
pron.
(Not either, not the one or the other) expressed by
अन्यतरः -रा -रं or
एकतरः -रा -रं or
उभौ, or simply by the dual in conjunction with the negative
न; as,
‘neither of them can break the bow,’
धनुर् भंक्तुम् एकतरो न शक्नोति or
उभौ न शक्नुतः or simply
न शक्नुतः.
ROOTS:
अन्यतररारंएकतरउभौनधनुर्भंक्तुम्एकतरोनशक्नोतिशक्नुत
NEITHER ,
conj. expressed by the negative
न or
न च, or by the prohibitive
मा. Sometimes in conjunction with
वा; as,
‘he took neither food nor clothes for his journey,’
यात्रार्थंभक्ष्यं वस्त्रं वा न जग्राह; ‘take neither food nor clothes,’
भक्ष्यं वस्त्रं वा मा गृहाण; ‘do not eat the fruit neither touch it,’
फलं मा खादत मा स्पृशत; ‘he did not touch, neither did he smell,’
नास्पृशद् न चाजिघ्रत्.
ROOTS:
नचमावायात्रार्थंभक्ष्यंवस्त्रंवाजग्राहगृहाणफलंखादतस्पृशतनास्पृशद्चाजिघ्रत्