ню

Old Church Slavonic

Pronoun

ню • (nju) (Old East Church Slavonic)

1. Prepositional form of ю (ju)
   • 1581, “Matthew 9:18”, in Ostrog Bible:

     дщи моа ныне умретъ.но пришедъ възложи на ню руку свою , и оживетъ·

     dšti moa nyne umretŭ.no prišedŭ vŭzloži na nju ruku svoju , i oživetŭ·

     My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak ňu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɲu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: ню

Pronoun

ню (nju)

1. alternative form of ю (ju): accusative of вона (vona)
2. instrumental of вона (vona)

Usage notes

• Used after a preposition.

Declension

Pannonian Rusyn personal pronouns

	singular						plural				reflexive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person				1st person	2nd person	3rd person
			m	n	f
nominative	я (ja)	ти (ti)	вон (von)	воно (vono)	вона (vona)		ми (mi)	ви (vi)	вони (voni)
genitive	мнє, ме 1 ‎(mnje, me)	тебе, це 1 ‎(tebe, ce)	його 1, нього 2, ньго 2, го 1 (joho, nʹoho, nʹho, ho)		єй 1, нєй  2 ‎(jej, njej)		нас ‎(nas)	вас (vas)	їх 1, нїх 2, их 3 (jix, njix, ix)		себе (sebe)
dative	мнє, ми (mnje, mi)	тебе, ци ‎(tebe, ci)	йому 4, ньому 2, му ‎(jomu, nʹomu, mu)		єй, нєй 2 ‎(jej, njej)		нам ‎(nam)	вам (vam)	їм 4, нїм 2, им 3 (jim, njim, im)		себе (sebe)
accusative	мнє, ме ‎(mnje, me)	тебе, це ‎(tebe, ce)	його 4, нього 2, ньго 2, го (joho, nʹoho, nʹho, ho)		ю, ню 2 ‎(ju, nju)		нас ‎(nas)	вас (vas)	їх 4, нїх 2, их 3 (jix, njix, ix)		себе (sebe)
instrumental 5	мну (mnu)	тобу ‎(tobu)	нїм (njim)		ню ‎(nju)		нами (nami)	вами ‎(vami)	нїма (njima)		собу ‎(sobu)
locative 5	мнє ‎(mnje)	тебе, це ‎(tebe, ce)	нїм / ньому (njim / n'omu)		нєй (njej)		нас ‎(nas)	вас (vas)	нїх (njix)		себе (sebe)

1. Used with reflexive verbs.
2. The alternative forms with an initial н- (n-) in the third person are used after a preposition.
3. The plural forms with an initial и- (i-) are unstressed.
4. The forms with an initial й- (j-) or ї- (ji-) in the third person non-feminine dative/accusative cases are used at the beginning of the sentence and when they are stressed.
5. The instrumental and locative cases are never used without a preposition.

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nʲu]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French nu.

Noun

ню • (nju) n inan (indeclinable)

1. (art) nude

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νῦ (nû).

Noun

ню • (nju) n inan (indeclinable)

1. nu (the Greek letter Ν/ν)

   Synonym: (modern Greek) ни (ni)

See also

• (Greek-script letter names) альфа, бета, гамма, дельта, эпсилон, дзета / зита, эта / ита, тета / фита, йота, каппа, лямбда, мю, ню, кси, омикрон, пи, ро, сигма, тау, ипсилон, фи, хи, пси, омега

Tundra Nenets

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *ńuə.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nʲʉː]
• Hyphenation: ню

Noun

ню̄ • (nyū)

1. child, son, offspring

Derived terms

• не ню̄ (nye nyū)
• ню̄савэ̇й (nyūsawėy°)

References

• Pyrerka, A. P.; Tereščenko, N. M. (1948), Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, pages 68, 278
• N. M. Tereschenko (2005), “ню”, in Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN
• Irina Nikolaeva (2014), A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 33

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nʲu]

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from French nu

Noun

ню • (nju) n inan (indeclinable)

1. (art) nude

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νῦ (nû)

Noun

ню • (nju) n inan (indeclinable)

1. nu (the Greek letter Νν)

See also

• (Greek-script letter names) альфа, бета, гамма, дельта, епсилон, дзета, ета, тета, йота, каппа, лямбда, мю, ню, ксі, омікрон, пі, ро, сигма, тау, іпсилон, фі, хі, псі, омега

References

• “ню”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]