ниша

See also: нища and Appendix:Variations of "nisa"

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈniʃa]

Etymology 1

Verb

ниша • (niša) third-singular present, impf (perfective разниша)

1. (transitive) to rock, swing (back and forth, lightly), cause to sway

Conjugation

Conjugation of ниша (imperfective, present in -а)

l-participles	imperfect	aorist	non-finite forms
masculine	нишал (nišal)	—	adjectival participle	нишан (nišan)
feminine	нишала (nišala)	—	adverbial participle	нишајќи (nišajḱi)
neuter	нишало (nišalo)	—	verbal noun	нишање (nišanje)
plural	нишале (nišale)	—	perfect participle	нишано (nišano)
finite forms	present	imperfect	aorist	imperative
1st singular	нишам (nišam)	нишав (nišav)	—	—
2nd singular	нишаш (nišaš)	нишаше (nišaše)	—	нишај (nišaj)
3rd singular	ниша (niša)	нишаше (nišaše)	—	—
1st plural	нишаме (nišame)	нишавме (nišavme)	—	—
2nd plural	нишате (nišate)	нишавте (nišavte)	—	нишајте (nišajte)
3rd plural	нишаат (nišaat)	нишаа (nišaa)	—	—
compound tenses
perfect	сум нишал (sum nišal)		present of сум (except in the 3rd person) + imperfect l-participle
има-perfect	имам нишано (imam nišano)		present of има + perfect participle
pluperfect	бев нишал (bev nišal)		imperfect of сум + imperfect l-participle
има-pluperfect	имав нишано (imav nišano)		imperfect of има + perfect participle
има-perfect reported	сум имал нишано (sum imal nišano)		perfect of има + perfect participle
future	ќе нишам (ḱe nišam)		ќе + present
има-future	ќе имам нишано (ḱe imam nišano)		future of има + perfect participle
future in the past	ќе нишав (ḱe nišav)		ќе + imperfect
има-future in the past	ќе имав нишано (ḱe imav nišano)		future in the past of има + perfect participle
future reported	ќе сум нишал (ḱe sum nišal)		ќе + imperfect l-participle
има-future reported	ќе сум имал нишано (ḱe sum imal nišano)		future reported of има + perfect participle
conditional	би нишал (bi nišal)		би + imperfect l-participle
има-conditional	би имал нишано (bi imal nišano)		conditional of има + perfect participle

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French niche.

Noun

ниша • (niša) f (plural ниши)

1. (architecture) niche (recess)
2. space in a wall or piece of furniture where items can be stored, alcove

Declension

Declension of ниша

	singular	plural
indefinite	ниша (niša)	ниши (niši)
definite unspecified	нишата (nišata)	нишите (nišite)
definite proximal	нишава (nišava)	нишиве (nišive)
definite distal	нишана (nišana)	нишине (nišine)
vocative	нишо (nišo)	ниши (niši)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from French niche. Further from Latin nīdus. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (whence also Russian гнездо́ (gnezdó), English nest).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnʲiʂə]

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Noun

ни́ша • (níša) f inan (genitive ни́ши, nominative plural ни́ши, genitive plural ниш, relational adjective ни́шевый)

1. (architecture) niche, recess

Declension

Declension of ни́ша (inan fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ни́ша níša	ни́ши níši
genitive	ни́ши níši	ни́ш níš
dative	ни́ше níše	ни́шам níšam
accusative	ни́шу níšu	ни́ши níši
instrumental	ни́шей, ни́шею níšej, níšeju	ни́шами níšami
prepositional	ни́ше níše	ни́шах níšax

Pre-reform declension of ни́ша (inan fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ни́ша níša	ни́ши níši
genitive	ни́ши níši	ни́шъ níš
dative	ни́шѣ níšě	ни́шамъ níšam
accusative	ни́шу níšu	ни́ши níši
instrumental	ни́шей, ни́шею níšej, níšeju	ни́шами níšami
prepositional	ни́шѣ níšě	ни́шахъ níšax

Descendants

• → Eastern Mari: нише (ńiše)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ниша”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “ниша”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 259

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “ниша”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
• ниша in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Anagrams

• ши́на (šína)