nilai (p. 277) க்கிறது, த்தது, க்கும், க்க, v. n. To get or gain footing, become fixed, or established, நிற்க. 2. To be permanent, lasting, durable; to persevere, உறுதிகொள்ள. 3. To be at a stand as a beast tied, or a car that cannot be moved, நடவாதிருக்க. 4. To be stunted, as plants, &c., வளராதுநிற்க. 5. To stay too long in a place, தாமதிக்க. 6. To be fordable, ஆளுக்குநிலைக்க. 7. To be fixed as the eyes at the approach of death, &c., கண்நிலைக்குத்திட. 8. v. a. [poetic with personal terminations.] To set up, erect, establish, நிலைப்படுத்த. (சேதுப்.)--Note. போக is often added to the gerund of verb; as நிலைத்துப்போக, to come to a stand, to be fixed. தண்ணீராளுக்குநிலைக்கும். The water may be forded. நிலையாதஆறு, s. A river not fordable. நிலையாததண்ணீர், s. Water not fordable. நிலையாமை, neg. v. noun. Being transient, &c., as நிலையில்லாமை, which see, நிலைப்பு, v. noun. Permanence, continuance, durability, உறுதி. 2. Perseverance, persistence, முயற்சி. 3. Invariableness, மாறாமை. 157)