nev

See also: név, nèv, Nev, Nev., and neV

Translingual

Symbol

nev

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Nyaheun.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Nyaheun terms

Breton

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Celtic *nāwā (“ship”); or borrowed from French nef, from Latin nāvis (“ship”). Cognate with Cornish new, Welsh noe and Irish nae.

Noun

nev f (plural nevioù)

1. trough
2. (architecture) nave
3. (historical) nef, carrack, nau (of the 14th to 17th centuries).

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *neβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *nemos, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”). Cognate with Breton neñv, Welsh nef and Irish neamh.

Noun

nev m (plural nevow)

1. heaven

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse nef, from Proto-Germanic *nabją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neːv/
• Rhymes: -eːv

Noun

nev n (genitive singular nevs, plural nev)

1. a bill, a beak (bird's beak)
2. (archaic, biology) nose
3. (aviation) nose (e.g. of an aeroplane).
4. point (of a hook)
5. a small ness

Declension

n22	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nev	nevið	nev	nevini
accusative	nev	nevið	nev	nevini
dative	nevi	nevinum	nevjum, nevum	nevjunum, nevunum
genitive	nevs	nevsins	nevja	nevjanna

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin naevus.

Noun

nev m (plural nevi)

1. naevus

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	nev	nevul		nevi	nevii
genitive-dative	nev	nevului		nevi	nevilor
vocative	nevule			nevilor

Romansh

Etymology 1

From Latin nivem, the accusative form of nix (“snow”).

Noun

nev f

1. (Sutsilvan) snow

Alternative forms

• naiv (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
• neiv (Sursilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology 2

From Latin nāvis.

Noun

nev f (plural nevs)

1. (Puter) ship

Alternative forms

• nav (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader)

Turkish

Alternative forms

• nevi (superseded spelling, colloquial)

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نوع (nev, nevʿi), from Arabic نَوْع (nawʕ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛv/
• Hyphenation: nev

Noun

nev (definite accusative nevi or (superseded) nev'i, plural nevler or (obsolete) enva)

1. (dated or archaic) kind, type, variety

   Synonyms: çeşit, tür, cins, tip

Declension

Declension of nev

singular plural nominative nev nevler definite accusative nevi nevleri dative neve nevlere locative nevde nevlerde ablative nevden nevlerden genitive nevin nevlerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular nevim nevlerim 2nd singular nevin nevlerin 3rd singular nevi nevleri 1st plural nevimiz nevlerimiz 2nd plural neviniz nevleriniz 3rd plural nevleri nevleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular nevimi nevlerimi 2nd singular nevini nevlerini 3rd singular nevini nevlerini 1st plural nevimizi nevlerimizi 2nd plural nevinizi nevlerinizi 3rd plural nevlerini nevlerini dative singular plural 1st singular nevime nevlerime 2nd singular nevine nevlerine 3rd singular nevine nevlerine 1st plural nevimize nevlerimize 2nd plural nevinize nevlerinize 3rd plural nevlerine nevlerine locative singular plural 1st singular nevimde nevlerimde 2nd singular nevinde nevlerinde 3rd singular nevinde nevlerinde 1st plural nevimizde nevlerimizde 2nd plural nevinizde nevlerinizde 3rd plural nevlerinde nevlerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular nevimden nevlerimden 2nd singular nevinden nevlerinden 3rd singular nevinden nevlerinden 1st plural nevimizden nevlerimizden 2nd plural nevinizden nevlerinizden 3rd plural nevlerinden nevlerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular nevimin nevlerimin 2nd singular nevinin nevlerinin 3rd singular nevinin nevlerinin 1st plural nevimizin nevlerimizin 2nd plural nevinizin nevlerinizin 3rd plural nevlerinin nevlerinin

Derived terms

• bir nevi
• nevi şahsına münhasır

Related terms

• envaiçeşit
• envaitürlü

Further reading

• “nev”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “nev²”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3532