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nijjīretha

nijjīrati

reflx opt 3rd sg of nijjīrati (verb); opt 2nd pl of nijjīrati (verb)

  1. depletes; exhausts; wears out; wears away

Etymology. nī + jīra + ti; from √jīr 'grow old, decay'; Sanskrit nirjarati [nirjṝ]

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

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