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Word - rootword - affixes
nagnihit - nihit - nag-~
nag.ni.hit. - 3 syllables

nag- = nagnihit
nagnihit

nagnihit : dwindling (adj.)
nihit [ni.hit.] : rare (adj.); scant (adj.); scarce (adj.)

Derivatives of nihit


Glosses:
dwindling
n. (event)1. dwindling, dwindling awaya becoming gradually less.; "there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family"
~ decrease, lessening, drop-offa change downward.; "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
~ fading awaygradually diminishing in brightness or loudness or strength.
adj. 2. dwindling, tapering, tapering offgradually decreasing until little remains.
~ decreasingbecoming less or smaller.
scant
v. (social)1. scant, skimpwork hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially.
~ workexert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity.; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor"
v. (social)2. scant, skimplimit in quality or quantity.
~ restrictplace under restrictions; limit access to.; "This substance is controlled"
v. (possession)3. scant, skimp, stintsupply sparingly and with restricted quantities.; "sting with the allowance"
~ furnish, provide, supply, rendergive something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
adj. 4. light, scant, shortless than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so.; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight"
~ insufficient, deficientof a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement.; "insufficient funds"
scarce
adj. 1. scarcedeficient in quantity or number compared with the demand.; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
~ rarenot widely distributed.; "rare herbs"; "rare patches of green in the desert"
~ tightaffected by scarcity and expensive to borrow.; "tight money"; "a tight market"
~ meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingydeficient in amount or quality or extent.; "meager resources"; "meager fare"
adv. 2. barely, hardly, just, scarce, scarcelyonly a very short time before.; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"