नस्

{ nas }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

नस्    1. encl. form for acc. gen. dat. pl. of the Ist pers. pron. ( [Pāṇ. 7-l, 1, 21]), us, of us, to us; in वेद changeable into णस् (4, 27; 28).
नस्   [ cf. Zd. na, our; Gk. νῶϊ, νώ,; Lat. nos-ter; Old Lat. dat. nis.]
नस्    2. cl. 1. Ā. ( [Dhātup. xvi, 26]) न॑सते ( aor. Pot. नसीमहि, [RV. ii, 16, 8]; pf. नेसे; fut. नसिता Gr.)

to approach, resort to, join, copulate ( esp. as husband and wife), [RV.];

to be crooked or fraudulent, [Dhātup.]
नस्   [ cf. Gk. νέ ( σ) μαι, να- ( σ) ίω, νόσ-τος; Goth. ga-nizan, nas-jan; Angl.Sax. genësan; HGerm. ginësan, genesen.]
नस्  f.  3. or नास् f. (the strong stem occurs only in du. ना॑सा, [RV. ii, 39, 6], the weak stem only in नसा॑, नसि॑, नसो॑स् [ cf. [Pāṇ. 6-1, 63]] and in comp.) the nose, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [TS.]; [BhP.]
नस्   [ cf. नासा, नासिका; Lat. nas-turciunm, nāres; Lith. nósis; Slav. nosû; Germ. Nase; Angl.Sax. nosu; Eng. nose, nostril = nose-thrill, nose-hole.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

नस् [nas]   1 Ā. (नसते) Ved.
To approach, go towards.
To copulate.
To be crooked or curved, to bend.
नस् [nas]  f. f. The nose. (a word optionally substituted for नासिका after acc. dual); यथा गावो नसि प्रोताः [Bhāg. 1.13.41.] -Comp.
-क्षुद्र a.  a. small-nosed.

Shabda-Sagara

नस्  f.  ( -नाः) The nose.
E. नस् to sound, affix क्विप् .

ROOTS:

नस् क्विप् .