neet

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

neet (plural neets)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of NEET

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

neet (plural neets)

  1. (Yorkshire, archaic) Alternative form of night

Anagrams[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch nete, from Old Dutch *nita, from Proto-Germanic *hnitō.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eːt

Noun[edit]

neet f (plural neten, diminutive neetje n)

  1. nit; egg of a louse

See also[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Dutch Low Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Dutch niet.

Adverb[edit]

neet

  1. used to express negation: not

Ingrian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *nek, from Proto-Uralic *ne. Cognates include Finnish ne and Estonian need.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

neet

  1. these, those (not bound to a specific location)
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:
      Höö kavvaa katsoit niitä ja mitäle meinaisivat keskenää.
      They were looking at these for a long time and discussing something among each other.

Determiner[edit]

neet

  1. these, those (not bound to a specific location)

Usage notes[edit]

  • Se and neet are anaphoric: That is to say they refer to something previously mentioned (or soon afterwards mentioned) in the conversation. In contrast, too and noo are deictic, and thus refer to physical entities.

Declension[edit]

Declension of neet
singular plural
nominative se neet
genitive senen niijen
accusative sen neet
partitive sitä niitä
illative siihe niihe
inessive siin niis
elative siint, siitä niist
allative sille niille
adessive sil niil
ablative silt niilt
translative siks niiks
essive senennä niinnä

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Ingrian demonstratives
proximal neutral distal
singular tämä (tää) se too
plural nämät (näät) neet noo

References[edit]

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 99
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 338
  • Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку[2], →ISBN, pages 13-14

Limburgish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *ne (not) + *aiw- (ever) + *wihtą (thing).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

neet (Eupen)

  1. not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb)

Derived terms[edit]

Interjection[edit]

neet (Eupen)

  1. (tag question) right?; is it?; is it not?

Scots[edit]

Noun[edit]

neet (plural neets)

  1. nit (egg of a louse)