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nassati

pr 3rd sg of nassati (verb)

1. perishes; ends; is destroyed; lit. disappears
2. is lost; is forgotten (by); lit. disappears
3. is squandered; is wasted; comes to naught; lit. disappears
4. disappears; vanishes; goes away

Etymology. nassa + ti; from √nas 'be lost, disappear'; Sanskrit naśyat [naś]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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