ní

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Contents 1 Irish 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Alternative forms 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.2.1 Declension 1.2.2.2 Synonyms 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Alternative forms 1.3.2 Noun 1.3.2.1 Declension 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Particle 1.4.1.1 Usage notes 1.4.1.2 Related terms 2 Lakhota 2.1 Adjective 3 Mandarin 3.1 Pinyin 4 Navajo 4.1 Verb 5 Old Irish 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Particle 5.2.1 Usage notes 5.2.2 Synonyms 5.2.3 Descendants

[edit] Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [nʲiː]

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Irish níd

[edit] Alternative forms

• nídh

[edit] Noun

ní m.

1. A thing (inanimate)
2. An object

[edit] Declension

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ní nithe Vocative a ní a nithe Genitive ní nithe Dative ní nithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ní na nithe Genitive an ní na nithe Dative leis an ní don ní leis na nithe

[edit] Synonyms

• rud

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Irish nige.

[edit] Alternative forms

• nighe (obsolete)

[edit] Noun

ní f.

1. Verbal noun of nigh.

• washing

[edit] Declension

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative ní Vocative a ní Genitive ní Dative ní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an ní Genitive na ní Dative leis an ní don ní

[edit] Etymology 3

From Old Irish ní.

[edit] Particle

ní

1. not

[edit] Usage notes

Triggers lenition of a following consonant. Not used in the past tense except for some irregular verbs. Takes the dependent form of irregular verbs.

• ní thuigim – "I do not understand"
• ní dheachaigh mé ansin - "I did not go there"
• ní bhfaighidh siad é – "They will not find it"

[edit] Related terms

• cha (nonstandard)
• níor (used in the past tense with regular and some irregular verbs)

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[edit] Lakhota

[edit] Adjective

ní

1. alive

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pinyin

ní (form of ni2 with diacritic)

1. 倪: feeble, tiny, young and weak
2. 呢: interrogative or emphatic final
3. 坭: mud, mire; to paste, to plaster
4. 埿: In ancient times similar to the " mire ".
5. 妫: family name
6. 婗: a new-born child the whimper of an infant
7. 尼: Buddhist nun; transliteration for "ni" (e.g. 尼日尔)
8. 屔:
9. 怩: shy, timid, bashful; look ashamed
10. 泥: mud, mire; earth, clay; plaster
11. 淣:
12. 狋:
13. 猊: lion; wild beast; wild horse
14. 秜:
15. 籾: unhulled rice
16. 臡:
17. 蚭:
18. 蜺: reflection of rainbow
19. 觬:
20. 貎: lion; wild beast; wild horse
21. 跜:
22. 輗: a cross bar at end of a carriage pole
23. 郳: state in Shandong province
24. 鈦: titanium
25. 霓: rainbow; variegated, colored
26. 鯓:
27. 鯢, 鲵: Cryptobranchus japonicus; a salamander
28. 麑: fawn, young deer
29. 齯: teeth grown in old age

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[edit] Navajo

[edit] Verb

ní

1. he/she says

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[edit] Old Irish

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *nī (cf. Welsh ni) < Proto-Indo-European *ne (cf. Sanskrit न (na), Latin ne, Gothic 𐌽𐌹 (ni)).

[edit] Particle

ní

1. not

   Ní·epur a n-anman sund – "I do not say their names here"

[edit] Usage notes

Followed by the dependent form of the verb, which (in Old Irish) is not subjected to nasalization or lenition mutation unless a direct object pronoun is implied. Compare:

• Ní·ben inna firu "He does not strike the men": Here the b of ·ben is unmutated.
• Ní·mben "He does not strike him": Here the b of ·ben is nasalized to mb.
• Ní·ben "He does not strike it": Here the b of ·ben is lenited.

In Middle Irish increasingly, and in Modern Irish always, ní lenites the following verb.

[edit] Synonyms

• nícon

[edit] Descendants

• Irish: ní