nīca नीच – low

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nīca ·a. low, deep (lit. & fig.), inferior, mean, base; abstr. °tā f., °tva n.

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nīca nīca, as, ā, am (fr. ni + añc, cf. ucca; said to be fr. rt. ci with ni), low, not high, short, little, small, dwarfish; deep, lowered (as the voice), pronounced without an accent; situated below, being in a low position; low, vile, insignificant, inferior, base, mean (as a man or action); (as), m. a kind of perfume (= coraka); (am), n. (in astrology) the lowest point of a planet (= ταπείνωμα), the seventh house from the highest point; (āt), ind. from below, from beneath; [cf. nīcais, ucca-nīca, ny-añc.]

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nīca (von 1. ni) 1〉 adj. f. ā a〉 niedrig, nicht hoch AK. 3,2,20. TRIK. 3,3,76. H. 1429. H. an. 2,58. MED. c. 6. nīcaṃ śayyāsanaṃ cāsya sarvadā gurusaṃnidhau (bhavet) M. 2,198. (āsanam) nātyucchritaṃ nātinīcam BHAG. 6,11. nīce deśe HARIV. 7987. sindhuṣu tathā nīceṣu (zugleich gemein) Spr. 661. uttamamadhyanīcaśākhāsthita VARĀH. BṚH. S. 87,46. nīcena vapuṣā HARIV. 4158. nīcā (so ist zu lesen) nābhiḥ vertieft PAÑCAT. I, 225. nīcakeśaśmaśrunakha kurz YĀJÑ. 1,131. nīcakeśanakha SUŚR. 2,244,13. nīcanakharoman SUŚR. 1,7,6. SUŚR. 1,30,1. SUŚR. 1,70,21. SUŚR. 2,143,20. — b〉 niedrig, gesenkt vom Tone VS. PRĀT. 1,32. VS. PRĀT. 1,113. VS. PRĀT. 1,146. Kār. 9 aus der KĀŚ._zu_P. 7,2,10. NIR. Einl. LXVII. nīcasvarita ŚIKṢĀ_in_Ind. St. 4,366. fg. nīcīkar herabstimmen, tonlos aussprechen Schol. zu ṚV. PRĀT. 3,12. — c〉 zu unterst stehend, der geringste: phalaṃ varamadhyanīcam VARĀH. BṚH. S. 87,46. niedrig, gemein in moralischer oder socialer Beziehung AK. 1,1,7,15. AK. 1,2,10,16. AK. 3,4,18,108. AK. 3,4,25,194. TRIK. H. 334. H. 380. H. 932. H. an. MED. HALĀY. 2,191. subāhūni nṛśaṃsāni putraistava janeśvara . nikṛtānīha pāṇḍūnāṃ nīcairiva yathā naraiḥ .. MBH. 6,2918. HARIV. 4554. HARIV. 4619. R. GORR. 2,68,6. R. GORR. 3,35,35. Spr. 466. BHARTṚ. 2,73. PAÑCAT. 60,19. PAÑCAT. V, 55. DHŪRTAS. 77,4. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 106,2. karmakara VARĀH. BṚH. S. 5,41. gonandanīcaśūdrāḥ VARĀH. BṚH. S. 9,13. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 38 (37), 4. nīcakulodbhava VARĀH. BṚH. S. 15,27. nīcakulodgatā MṚCCH. 83,8. nīcāḥ — nṛpaterapi vaṃśajātāḥ VARĀH. BṚH. S. 13,6. uttamasyāpi varṇasya nīco 'pi gṛhamāgataḥ Spr. 443. praṇipatya nīcavat BHĀG. P. 3,17,27. BHĀG. P. 7,12,1. SĀH. D. 90. śārdūlasya guhāṃ śūnyāṃ nīcaḥ kroṣṭābhimardati MBH. 1,7750 niedrig, gemein von Beschäftigungen, Handlungen, Gesinnungen u. s. w.: nīcakarmā dāsaḥ VET. in LA. 19,3. nīcena karmaṇā HARIV. 4619. R. 2,104,6. MṚCCH. 46,21. BHĀG. P. 1,19,1. anīcānuvartin MBH. 3,2866. nīcarata an Gemeinem Gefallen findend VARĀH. BṚH. 23 (22), 5. — 2〉 m. ein best. Parfum (coraka) RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — 3〉 n. in der Astrol. der Tiefpunkt eines Planeten, ταπείνωμα, das 7te Haus vom Höhepunkt VARĀH. BṚH. S. 69,6. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 104,54. LAGHUJ. 1,22. LAGHUJ. 6,4. BṚH. 1,13. BṚH. 5,17. nīcagata im Tiefpunkt stehend LAGHUJ. 9,27. Schol. zu SŪRYAS. 7,13. SŪRYAS. 7,14 u. s. w. — Vgl. nīcāt, nīcais, uccanīca, nyañc.

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nīca — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā) — a〉 niedrig, nicht hoch. — b〉 vertieft (Nabel). — c〉 kurz (Haar, Nägel). — d〉 niedrig, gesenkt (Ton). — e〉 zu unterst stehen, der geringste, niedrig, gemein (in moralischer oder socialer Beziehung, von Personen, Handlungen, Gesinnungen u. s. w.). — 2〉 *m. ein best. Parfum RĀJAN. 12,144. — 3〉 n. der Tiefpunkt eines Planeten, ταπείνωμα, das 7te Haus vom Höhepunkt.

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nīca a. [nikṛṣṭatamīṃ śobhāṃ cinoti, ci-ḍa Tv.] 1 Low, short, small, little, dwarfish. 2 Situated below, being in a low position; Bg. 6. 11; Ms. 2. 198; Y. 1. 131. 3 Lowered, deep (as a voice). 4 Low, mean, base, vile, worst; prārabhyate na khalu vighnabhayena nīcaiḥ Bh. 2. 27; nīcasya gocaragataiḥ sukhamāsyate kaiḥ Bh. 2. 59; Bv. 1. 48. 5 Worthless, insignificant. — cā An excellent cow. — caṃ The lowest point of a planet. Comp. — uktiḥ f. a low or vulgar expression. — uccavṛttaṃ an epicycle. — upagata a. situated low in the sky. — ga a. 1 going downwards, descending (as a river). 2 low, base, vile. — (gā) a river. — (gaṃ) water. — gṛhaṃ (in astr.) the part of the heavens in which a planet stands at its lower point. — bhojyaḥ onion. — yonin a. of low origin, low-born; so nīcajāti. — vajraḥ, -jraṃ a kind of gem (vaikrāṃta).

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nīca niedrig, tief, (auch übertr.; bes. vom Ton),) untergeordnet, gering, gemein. Instr. Pl. nīcaís adv. niedrig, tief, hinunter; demütig, bescheiden, leise; Compar. nīcaistarām (vgl. ucca).

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nīca nīca a. (ni; añc) bas, petit, peu élevé; au fig. bas; vil; mauvais, dépravé; de basse condition. — S. m. homme de classe dégradée ou de race non-âryenne. Cf. nyac. nīcaka a. bas, petit, nain. nīcakin m. la tête ou le faîte de qqc. nīcakais adv. bas; au fig. bassement. nīcaga a. (gam) qui va en bas, qui descend. — S. f. rivière. — S. n. eau. nīcabhojya m. (bhuj) ognon. nīcikā et niīcikī f. bonne vache [m à m. naine]. nīcais adv. bas, en bas; bassement.