Nadī (f.) [Ved. nadī, from nadati="the roaring," cp. also nandati] a river; often characterised as mahā˚ in opp. to kun˚ rivulet; pl. nadiyo also collect. "the waters." -- D i.244 (Aciravatī nadī); S ii.32, 118, 135; v.390; A i.33, 136, 243 (mahā˚); ii.55, 140 (mahā˚); iii.52; iv.101 (m˚), 137; Sn 425, 433, 568, 720; Dh 251; J i.296; ii.102; iii.51; iii.91 (Kebukā); v.269 (Vetaraṇī˚); vi.518 (Ketumatī); Pv iv.354; Vism 468 (sīghasotā); PvA 256 (m˚); Sdhp 21, 194, 574. -- gen. sg. nadiyā J i.278; It 113; instr. nadiyā J i.278; PvA 46; pl. nom. nadiyo Miln 114 (na tā n. dhuva -- salilā), najjo PvA 29 (mahā˚); & najjāyo J vi.278; gen nadīnaŋ Vin i.246=Sn 569 (n. sāgaro mukhaŋ). -- kunnadī a small river S i.109; ii.32, 118; v.47, 63; A ii.140; iv.100; V.114 sq. -- On n. in similes seeJ.P.T.S. 1906, 100.

 -- kuñja a river glen DA i.209; -- kūla the bank of a river Cp. iii.71; -- tīra=˚kūla J i.278; -- dugga a difficult ford in a river S ii.198; -- vidugga=˚dugga Ai.35; iii.128.