nisi

See also: nìsǐ, nisɨ, and Nísī

English

Noun

nisi (uncountable)

1. (attributive) decree nisi

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

Latin

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• (archaic) nisei
• (archaic) nise

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈni.si/, [ˈnɪs̠ɪ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈni.si/, [ˈniːs̬i]

Conjunction

nisi

1. if not, unless, except

   Synonyms: praeter, praeterquam

   • Nil nisi bonum (de mortuis dicere).

     (Of the dead say) nothing but good.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈniː.siː/, [ˈniːs̠iː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈni.si/, [ˈniːs̬i]

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’s 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

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