niger
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- nyjer (US, less common)
Noun [edit]
niger (uncountable)
- A herb, Guizotia abyssinica, from Ethiopia, grown for its seed and edible oil.
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Etymology [edit]
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”). See night.
Adjective [edit]
niger m (feminine nigra, neuter nigrum); first/second declension
- black
- Nigrum in candida vertere.
- To turn black into white.
- Nigrum in candida vertere.
Inflection [edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case \ Gender | M. | F. | N. | MM. | FF. | NN. | |
| nominative | niger | nigra | nigrum | nigrī | nigrae | nigra | |
| genitive | nigrī | nigrae | nigrī | nigrōrum | nigrārum | nigrōrum | |
| dative | nigrō | nigrae | nigrō | nigrīs | nigrīs | nigrīs | |
| accusative | nigrum | nigram | nigrum | nigrōs | nigrās | nigra | |
| ablative | nigrō | nigrā | nigrō | nigrīs | nigrīs | nigrīs | |
| vocative | niger | nigra | nigrum | nigrī | nigrae | nigra | |
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Verb [edit]
niger
- Present tense of niga.