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From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi.
nei
nei
- First-person singular possessive; my (used with a special class of objects including living things)
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nei
- (Erzgebirgisch) in (away from the speaker)
From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi, from Proto-West Germanic *niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.
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From ne (“no”) + -i (infinitive verb suffix).
nei (present neas, past neis, future neos, conditional neus, volitive neu)
- to say no, to reply in negation or disagreement
- Antonym: jesi
- nei demandon / nei al demando ― to say no to a question
- Ŝi neis per kapskuo. ― She replied no with a shake of the head.
- to deny (assert that something is not true)
- Synonym: negi
- nei la ekziston de Dio ― to deny the existence of God
- Oni simple ne povas nei faktojn. ― You simply can't deny facts.
From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).
nei
nei
- (Low Prussian) Alternative form of nee
nei
- Romanization of 𐌽𐌴𐌹
From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi.
nei (comparative neier, superlative neiest)
Declension of nei (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives) | |||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | ||
Weak inflection | nominative | nei | nei | nei | neie |
accusative | neie | nei | nei | neie | |
dative | neie | neie | neie | neie | |
Strong inflection | nominative | neier | neie | neies | neie |
accusative | neie | neie | neies | neie | |
dative | neiem | neier | neiem | neie |
From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).
nei
- no
- exclamation indicating being pleasantly surprised
- Nei, en gaman! ― Oh how fun!
- Nei, hæ! ― What a surprise to see you here!
nei n (genitive singular neis, nominative plural nei)
- a no
nei
nei m
- neī: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈne.iː/, [ˈneiː]
- neī: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈne.i/, [ˈnɛːi]
- nei: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /nei̯/, [nɛi̯]
- nei: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /nej/, [nɛj]
neī
nei
- Early Latin form of nē
- c. 500 BC, Garigliano bowl:
𐌍𐌄𐌉[- - -]𐌐𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌𐌊𐌏𐌌𐌌𐌄𐌏𐌉𐌔𐌔𐌏𐌊𐌉𐌏𐌉𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌖𐌏𐌉𐌀𐌃𐌃𐌄𐌏𐌌𐌃𐌖𐌏
- NEIPARIMEDESOMKOMMEOISSOKIOISTRIVOIADDEOMDVO
nei pari med esom kom meois sokiois trifos audeom duo[m] - Do not take me! I am with my three companions (property) of the two Audii
- NEIPARIMEDESOMKOMMEOISSOKIOISTRIVOIADDEOMDVO
- c. 500 BC, Garigliano bowl:
Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic: cognate to Latvian nei, Proto-Slavic *ni .[1]
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- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “331”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page nei
From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi. Cognate with German neu, Dutch nieuw, English new, West Frisian nij.
nei (masculine neien, neuter neit, comparative méi nei, superlative am neisten)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哪
nei
- Nonstandard spelling of néi.
- Nonstandard spelling of něi.
- Nonstandard spelling of nèi.
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
From Old Frisian nī, from Proto-West Germanic *niwi. Cognates include West Frisian nij.
nei (comparative neier, superlative neist)
- (Föhr-Amrum) new
en neien waanj, nei eerdaapler
- a new car, new potatoes
Inflection of nei (Föhr-Amrum dialect)
masculine | feminine / neuter |
plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | |||
positive | ||||
predicative / adverbial | nei | |||
attributive | neien | nei | nei | |
independent | neien | |||
partitive | neis | — | ||
comparative | ||||
predicative / adverbial | neier | |||
attributive | neieren | neier | neier | |
independent | neieren | |||
partitive | neiers | — | ||
superlative | ||||
predicative / adverbial | am neisten | |||
attributive | — | neist | neist | |
independent | neisten |
From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).
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nei
nei n (definite singular neiet, indefinite plural nei, definite plural neia or neiene)
- “nei” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).
nei
nei n (definite singular neiet, indefinite plural nei, definite plural neia)
nei
- imperative of neia
nei n
- “nei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
From Proto-Germanic *nēhw (“near”). Cognates include Old English nēah and Old Saxon nāh.
nēi (comparative niār, superlative nēst)
nēi (+ dative)
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
From Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).
nei
- “nei”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi. Compare German neu, Dutch nieuw, English new.
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nei
nei
From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *nei. Cognates include Hawaiian nei and Samoan nei.
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nei
nei
- Emphasises a question; what do you say?
- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 250
nei (not mutable)
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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