ни

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Bulgarian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ни (ni) (personal, possessive)

  1. short form of the first-person plural pronoun in the accusative case, used as the direct object of a verb; us
    Не мисля, че ни видяха да идваме.
    Ne mislja, če ni vidjaha da idvame.
    I don't think they saw us come.
  2. short form of the first-person plural pronoun in the dative case, used as the indirect object of a verb; to us, for us, us
    Бихте ли ни казали в колко часа каца самолетът?
    Bihte li ni kazali v kolko časa kaca samoletǎt?
    Could you tell us at what time the plane lands?
  3. short form of the first-person plural possessive pronoun; our
    Първата ни спирка е Париж.
    Pǎrvata ni spirka e Pariž.
    Our first stop is Paris.
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *ni.

Particle[edit]

ни (ni)

  1. used for emphasis to mean 'no thing or person'; not a, not one
    Synonym: ни́то (níto)
    Не обели ни дума.
    Ne obeli ni duma.
    He didn't say a single word.
    Ни един от хората, които бях поканил, не дойде.
    Ni edin ot horata, koito bjah pokanil, ne dojde.
    Not one of the people I'd invited showed up.

Conjunction[edit]

ни (ni)

  1. used to show that a negative statement is true of two things; neither, nor
    Synonym: ни́то (níto)
    Това е ни в клин, ни в ръкав.
    Tova e ni v klin, ni v rǎkav.
    That is neither here nor there.
    Тя ни знае, ни се интересува какво се е случило.
    Tja ni znae, ni se interesuva kakvo se e slučilo.
    She neither knows nor cares what happened.

Anagrams[edit]

Dungan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate to Standard Mandarin ().

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ни (ni) (II)

  1. you

Erzya[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Mordvinic *ńij, inherited from Proto-Uralic *niŋä (woman, female). Cognates include Northern Sami njiŋŋalâs, Lule Sami niŋŋēlis, Hungarian , Tundra Nenets не (nye).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

ни (ńi)

  1. wife
    од ниod ńia young wife
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 68:
      Ki javovi es ninze martonzo avoľ lia marto pežeteń kis i uŕvaksty ombotse langso, te pežet teji martonzo
      Anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

Lezgi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Akin to Archi ди (di).

Noun[edit]

ни (ni)

  1. a smell

Macedonian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ni.

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

ни (ni)

  1. neither
    Synonym: ниту (nitu)
    Нема ни жена ни деца.
    Nema ni žena ni deca.
    He has neither a wife nor children.

Particle[edit]

ни (ni)

  1. not even
    Ни мајката не те сака.
    Ni majkata ne te saka.
    Not even your mother loves you.
    Не сакаше ни да се обиде.
    Ne sakaše ni da se obide.
    He didn't even want to try.
  2. neither, either
    Ни јас не сакам да дојдам.
    Ni jas ne sakam da dojdam.
    I don't want to come either.

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ни (ni)

  1. Short indirect object form of ние (nie).

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ни (nin

  1. nu (Greek letter)

Nivkh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ни (ni)

  1. I

Old Church Slavonic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *ni (nor, not), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nei, from Proto-Indo-European *nei.

Conjunction[edit]

ни (ni)

  1. not

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Russian: ни (ni), не (ne)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ни
    Latin script: ni
  • Slovene: ni
  • Ukrainian: ні (ni)

Russian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [nʲɪ]
  • (file)
  • Homophone: не (ne) (when unstressed)

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Old East Slavic ни (ni), from Proto-Slavic *ni.

Conjunction[edit]

ни (ni)

  1. neither, nor
    ни он, ни она́ni on, ni onáneither he nor she
    ни ку́шает, ни спитni kúšajet, ni spitneither eats nor sleeps

Particle[edit]

ни (ni)

  1. not a
    ни оди́н из стаni odín iz stanot one in a hundred
  2. (between a personal pronoun and the verb in the affirmative) whatever, however
    что он ни ска́жетšto on ni skážetwhatever he says
    как бы он ни был бога́тkak by on ni byl bogáthowever rich he may be
  3. (before какой, кто, что) any, no
    ни в како́й кни́геni v kakój kníge(not) in any book, in no book
    ни на что не годи́тсяni na što ne godítsjait’s good for nothing

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Greek νι (ni).

Noun[edit]

ни (nin inan (indeclinable)

  1. nu (the modern Greek letter Ν/ν)
    Synonym: (ancient or modern Greek) ню (nju)

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ni (nor, not), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nej, from Proto-Indo-European *ney. Compare ни-, не.

Particle[edit]

ни (Latin spelling ni)

  1. (emphasizes negation) even, either
    ни ја то не знамeven I don't know that; I don't know that either
    нисам хт(ј)ео ни да чујем за пр(иј)едлогI didn't even want to listen about the proposal

Conjunction[edit]

ни (Latin spelling ni)

  1. neither, nor
    она није ни паметна ни(ти) марљиваshe is neither smart nor industrious
    ни трага ни гласа о ..not a trace about ..
    ни крив ни дужанcompletely innocent

Tundra Nenets[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Samoyedic *ni.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [nʲi]
  • Hyphenation: ни

Noun[edit]

ни (nyi)

  1. belt
Declension[edit]
Declension of ни (nyi) (regular)
singular dual plural
nominative ни (nyi) нихиʼ (nyixyih) ниˮ (nyiq)
genitive ниʼ (nyih) нихиʼ (nyixyih) ниˮ (nyiq)
accusative ним (nyim°) нихиʼ (nyixyih) ни (nyi)
allative нин (nyin°) нихиняʼ (nyixyinyah) нихиˮ (nyixyiq)
locative нихина (nyixyina) нихиняна (nyixyinyana) нихиˮна (nyixyiqna)
ablative нихид (nyixyid°) нихиняд (nyixyinyad°) нихит (nyixyit°)
prolative нивна (nyiwna) нихинямна (nyixyinyamna) ниˮмӑна (nyiqmăna)

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Samoyedic *ńëj, from Proto-Uralic *ńële.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [nʲi]
  • Hyphenation: ни

Noun[edit]

ни (nyi)

  1. (in compounds) arrow
Declension[edit]
Declension of ни (nyi) (regular)
singular dual plural
nominative ни (nyi) нихиʼ (nyixyih) ниˮ (nyiq)
genitive ниʼ (nyih) нихиʼ (nyixyih) ниˮ (nyiq)
accusative ним (nyim°) нихиʼ (nyixyih) ни (nyi)
allative нин (nyin°) нихиняʼ (nyixyinyah) нихиˮ (nyixyiq)
locative нихина (nyixyina) нихиняна (nyixyinyana) нихиˮна (nyixyiqna)
ablative нихид (nyixyid°) нихиняд (nyixyinyad°) нихит (nyixyit°)
prolative нивна (nyiwna) нихинямна (nyixyinyamna) ниˮмӑна (nyiqmăna)
Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Pyrerka, A. P., Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 213
  • N. M. Tereschenko (2005) “ни”, in Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN