Nil

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nil"

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Nil (definite accusative Nili, plural Nillər)

1. a transliteration of the English male given name Neil

Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos), probably via Arabic نِيل (nīl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈnil]

Proper noun

Nil m

1. Nile (a large river in Africa flowing through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea, usually considered to be the longest river in the world)

Derived terms

• Nil Blanc
• Nil Blau

Related terms

• nilòtic

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɪl]
• Hyphenation: Nil

Proper noun

Nil m inan (relational adjective nilský)

1. Nile (a large river in Africa flowing through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea, usually considered to be the longest river in the world)

Declension

Declension of Nil (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Nil
genitive	Nilu
dative	Nilu
accusative	Nil
vocative	Nile
locative	Nilu
instrumental	Nilem

Further reading

• “Nil”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Nil”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Nil”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈniˀl]

Proper noun

Nil c

1. indefinite singular of Nilen

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nil/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Proper noun

Nil m

1. Nile (a large river in Africa flowing through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea, usually considered to be the longest river in the world)

Derived terms

• bec-en-sabot du Nil

Anagrams

• lin

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niːl/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

der Nil m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Nil or des Nils)

1. Nile (a large river in Africa flowing through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea, usually considered to be the longest river in the world)

Derived terms

• Nilflughund

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic النِّيل (an-nīl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nîl/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [nɪ̂l]

Proper noun

Nîl f

1. Nile (a large river in Africa flowing through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea, usually considered to be the longest river in the world)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic النِّيل (an-nīl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnil/, [ˈnɪl]

Proper noun

Nil

1. Nile (a large river in Africa flowing through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea, usually considered to be the longest river in the world)

Occitan

Proper noun

Nil m

1. Nile (a large river in Africa flowing through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea, usually considered to be the longest river in the world)

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Nilus, from Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲil/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: Nil
• Homophone: nil

Proper noun

Nil m inan

1. Nile (a large river in Africa flowing through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea, usually considered to be the longest river in the world)

Declension

Declension of Nil

	singular
nominative	Nil
genitive	Nilu
dative	Nilowi
accusative	Nil
instrumental	Nilem
locative	Nilu
vocative	Nilu

Derived terms

adjective

• nilowy

Further reading

• Nil in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Nil in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nîl/

Proper noun

Nȉl m inan (Cyrillic spelling Ни̏л)

1. Nile (a large river in Africa flowing through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea, usually considered to be the longest river in the world)

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nìːl/

Proper noun

Níl m inan

1. Nile (a large river in Africa flowing through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea, usually considered to be the longest river in the world)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	Níl
genitive	Níla
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Níl
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Níla
dative (dajȃlnik)	Nílu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Níl
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Nílu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Nílom

References

• “Nil”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “Nil”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Turkish

Picture dictionary

Nil

Levant

Suriye

Lübnan

Filistin

İsrail

Ürdün

Mısır

Suudi Arabistan

Irak

Türkiye

Kuzey Kıbrıs

Güney Kıbrıs

Akdeniz

Kızıldeniz

Nil

Fırat

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nil/

Proper noun

Nil

1. Nile (a large river in Africa flowing through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea, usually considered to be the longest river in the world)
2. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Nil

	singular	plural
nominative	Nil	Niller
accusative	Nil'i	Nilleri
dative	Nil'e	Nillere
locative	Nil'de	Nillerde
ablative	Nil'den	Nillerden
genitive	Nil'in	Nillerin

Possessive forms of Nil

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Nil'im	Nillerim Nil'lerim
senin (your)	Nil'in	Nillerin Nil'lerin
onun (his/her/its)	Nil'i	Nilleri Nil'leri
bizim (our)	Nil'imiz	Nillerimiz Nil'lerimiz
sizin (your)	Nil'iniz	Nilleriniz Nil'leriniz
onların (their)	Nil'i Nilleri Nil'leri	Nilleri Nil'leri