Ninive

See also: Nínive

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Nīnevē (“Nineveh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈniniʋe/, [ˈniniʋe̞]
• Rhymes: -iniʋe
• Syllabification^(key): Ni‧ni‧ve

Proper noun

Ninive

1. Nineveh (an ancient city in Assyria, in modern Iraq, near Mosul)

Declension

Inflection of Ninive (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		Ninive	—
genitive		Niniven	—
partitive		Niniveä	—
illative		Niniveen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Ninive	—
accusative	nom.	Ninive	—
	gen.	Niniven
genitive		Niniven	—
partitive		Niniveä	—
inessive		Ninivessä	—
elative		Ninivestä	—
illative		Niniveen	—
adessive		Ninivellä	—
ablative		Niniveltä	—
allative		Ninivelle	—
essive		Ninivenä	—
translative		Niniveksi	—
abessive		Ninivettä	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Ninive (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Niniveni — accusative nom. Niniveni — gen. Niniveni genitive Niniveni — partitive Niniveäni — inessive Ninivessäni — elative Ninivestäni — illative Niniveeni — adessive Ninivelläni — ablative Niniveltäni — allative Ninivelleni — essive Ninivenäni — translative Ninivekseni — abessive Ninivettäni — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Ninivesi — accusative nom. Ninivesi — gen. Ninivesi genitive Ninivesi — partitive Niniveäsi — inessive Ninivessäsi — elative Ninivestäsi — illative Niniveesi — adessive Ninivelläsi — ablative Niniveltäsi — allative Ninivellesi — essive Ninivenäsi — translative Niniveksesi — abessive Ninivettäsi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Ninivemme — accusative nom. Ninivemme — gen. Ninivemme genitive Ninivemme — partitive Niniveämme — inessive Ninivessämme — elative Ninivestämme — illative Niniveemme — adessive Ninivellämme — ablative Niniveltämme — allative Ninivellemme — essive Ninivenämme — translative Niniveksemme — abessive Ninivettämme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Ninivenne — accusative nom. Ninivenne — gen. Ninivenne genitive Ninivenne — partitive Niniveänne — inessive Ninivessänne — elative Ninivestänne — illative Niniveenne — adessive Ninivellänne — ablative Niniveltänne — allative Ninivellenne — essive Ninivenänne — translative Niniveksenne — abessive Ninivettänne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Ninivensä — accusative nom. Ninivensä — gen. Ninivensä genitive Ninivensä — partitive Niniveään Niniveänsä — inessive Ninivessään Ninivessänsä — elative Ninivestään Ninivestänsä — illative Niniveensä — adessive Ninivellään Ninivellänsä — ablative Niniveltään Niniveltänsä — allative Ninivelleen Ninivellensä — essive Ninivenään Ninivenänsä — translative Ninivekseen Niniveksensä — abessive Ninivettään Ninivettänsä — instructive — — comitative — —

See also

• Assyria

Anagrams

• viinen

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Nīnevē (“Nineveh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni.niv/

Proper noun

Ninive f

1. Nineveh (an ancient city in Assyria, in modern Iraq, near Mosul)

See also

• Assyrie

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Nīnevē (“Nineveh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈni.ni.ve/
• Rhymes: -inive
• Hyphenation: Nì‧ni‧ve

Proper noun

Ninive f

1. Nineveh (an ancient city in Assyria, in modern Iraq, near Mosul)

See also

• Assiria

Anagrams

• innevi

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νινευή (Nineuḗ), ultimately from Akkadian 𒌷𒉌𒉡𒀀 (^URUNI.NU.A)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈniː.ni.u̯eː/, [ˈniːniu̯eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈni.ni.ve/, [ˈniːnive]

Proper noun

Nīnivē f sg (genitive Nīnivēs); first declension

1. Alternative form of Nīnevē

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Nīnivē
Genitive	Nīnivēs
Dative	Nīnivēs
Accusative	Nīnivēn
Ablative	Nīnivē
Vocative	Nīnivē

References

• “Ninive”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ninive in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.