nias

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See also: Nias and NIAS

English

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Etymology

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French niais. See eyas and nyas.

Noun

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nias

  1. (obsolete) A young hawk; an eyas.
  2. (obsolete, by extension) An unsophisticated person.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for nias”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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nias

  1. second-person singular past historic of nier

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Noun

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nias

  1. indefinite genitive singular of nia

Verb

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nias

  1. inflection of nia:
    1. passive infinitive
    2. present passive

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