nes

See also nés, Nes, NES, and -nes

Albanian

Etymology

A compound ne-s < *no̅ kwe. From Proto-Albanian *(e)no̅ ̊, from Proto-Indo-European *(h1)ne̅̆-, *(h1)no̅̆- 'after, behind, next to/after'. Cognate to Ancient Greek ἔνη(ς), ἔνας (“the day after tomorrow”) and Gothic nehʷ (“after”).

Adverb

nes

1. after, next after

Derived terms

• nesër

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Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition en (“in”) + feminine plural article les (“the”).

Contraction

nes f pl (masculine sg nel, feminine sg na, neuter sg no, masculine plural nos)

1. in the

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse nes (“headland”). Kindred words are Old English næs (English ness and naze); the Swedish näs,the German nase; the Latin nasus (“a nose”) as the Icelandic nøs (“nose”).

Noun

nes n (genitive singular nes, plural nes)

1. a headland, a cape, a ness projecting to the sea or lake, a promontory
2. peninsula

Declension

n11s/n22p	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	nes	nesið	nes	nesini
Accusative	nes	nesið	nes	nesini
Dative	nesi	nesinum	nes(j)um	nes(j)unum
Genitive	nes	nesins	nesja	nesjanna

See also

• oddi
• hálvoyggj

References

• Føroysk orðabók, 1998

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse nes (“headland”). Kindred words are Old English næs (English ness and naze); the Swedish näs,the German nase; the Latin nasus (“a nose”) as the Icelandic nös (“the nostril”).

Noun

nes n (ness, nes)

1. a headland, a cape, a ness projecting to the sea or lake, a promontory

See also

• oddi

References

• Ensk Vasaorðabók, Orðabókaútgáfan 1985

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Latin

Verb

nēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of nō

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Lithuanian

Conjunction

nes

1. because, since

   Aš studijuoju, nes noriu mokytis.

   I study because I want to learn.

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Old French

Noun

nes m (oblique plural nes, nominative singular nes, nominative plural nes)

1. (anatomy) Alternative form of nés.

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Old Norse

Noun

nes n

1. headland

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) nas

Etymology

From Latin nāsus, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Noun

nes m

1. (anatomy, Puter) nose