nisi

See also: nìsǐ, nisɨ, Nísī, niśi, and nişi

English

Noun

nisi (uncountable)

1. (attributive) decree nisi

   The law in Massachusetts mandates a nisi period before divorce by decree nisi.

See also

• nisi prius
• rule nisi

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek νησί (nisí).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niˈsi/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: ni‧sí

Noun

nisi f (plural nisi, definite nisia, definite plural nisitë) (Tosk, Arvanitika or archaic)

1. island

   Synonyms: ishull, ujdhesë, anësujë

Declension

Declension of nisi

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nisi	nisia	nisi	nisitë
accusative		nisinë
dative	nisie	nisisë	nisive	nisive
ablative			nisish

Variant declension forms of nisi

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nisi	nisia	nisi nisira [1937]	nisitë
accusative		nisinë
dative	nisie nisije [1888]	nisisë	nisive	nisive
ablative			nisish

Derived terms

• nisiar
• sinisi

References

• FMGJSH (2026), “nisí,~a”
• FGJSSH (1980), page 1267a: “nisí,~a”
• Mann (1948), page 325a: “nisí”
• Leotti (1937), page 864b: “nisī́”
• Bashkimi (1908), page 229a: “nisii”
• Dozon (1879), page 61b: “nisí-a”
• Xylander (1835), page 248b: “νησὶ”
• Kavalliotis (1770), page 38: “νησί” → “νησί”
• Etymological:
  • Meyer (1891), page 310: “nisī́”
  • Çabej SEFSH [1950s–1980], vol. 6, page 91b: “nisí”
  • Topalli (2017), page 1064b: “nisí”

Latin

Etymology 1

From nī (“not”) +‎ sī (“if”). See also sine.

Alternative forms

• (archaic) nisei
• (archaic) nise

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnɪ.siː], [ˈnɪ.sɪ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈniː.s̬i]
• Note: On account of the archaic spellings, attested in Senatus consultum de Bacchanalibus.

Conjunction

nisi

1. if not, unless, except

   Synonyms: praeter, praeterquam

   De mortuis nil nisi bonum.

   [Say] nothing but good things about the dead.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈniː.siː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈniː.s̬i]

Participle

nīsī

1. inflection of nīsus:
   1. masculine/neuter genitive singular
   2. masculine nominative/vocative plural

References

• “nisi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nisi”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "nisi", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “nisi”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) if I am not mistaken: nisi fallor
    
  • (ambiguous) if I am not mistaken: nisi (animus) me fallit
    
  • (ambiguous) unless I'm greatly mistaken: nisi omnia me fallunt
    
  • (ambiguous) to except the fact that..: praeterquam quod or nisi quod
    

Maltese

Root
n-s-j
11 terms

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic نَسْي (nasy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɪ.sɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɪsɪ

Noun

nisi m

1. verbal noun of nesa: forgetting

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nìːsi/

Verb

nísi

1. negative second-person singular present of bíti

Tauya

Noun

nisi

1. egg

   yene nisi : bird egg

References

• Lorna MacDonald, A Grammar of Tauya