niz

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See also: niż and niz-

Masurian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈɲis]
  • Syllabification: niż

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Old Polish niż. By surface analysis, univerbation of ni +‎ z(e).

Conjunction[edit]

niz

  1. used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison; than
  2. before

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nizъ.

Noun[edit]

niz m inan

  1. (in set phrases) depression, low (area lower than others)f

Further reading[edit]

  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2021), “niż”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 4, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 340

Old High German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *hnitu, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱ(o)nid-.

Noun[edit]

niz f

  1. nit

Descendants[edit]

  • German: Nisse

Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

niz m animacy unattested

  1. Middle Polish form of niż (low, depression)

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • niz”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2023
  • Aleksandra Wieczorek (02.12.2021), “NIZ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

Romansch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German or Alemannic German, from a word derived from or related to Proto-Germanic *nutjō.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

niz m

  1. use

San Juan Guelavía Zapotec[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Zoogocho Zapotec yez.

Noun[edit]

niz

  1. corncob

References[edit]

  • López Antonio, Joaquín; Jones, Ted; Jones, Kris (2012) Vocabulario breve del Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Tlalpan, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 16

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nizъ, from Proto-Indo-European *nei-ǵʰ-? (Derksen) or *ni- (down).

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

nȉz (Cyrillic spelling ни̏з) (+ accusative case)

  1. down, along (in a constant direction with or opposite another; = dȕž, ȕzdūž, pȍkraj)
    niz obaludown/along the shore
    niz ulicudown the street
    sići/silaziti niz stepeniceto go downstairs
    ići niz voduto go downstream

Noun[edit]

nȋz m (Cyrillic spelling ни̑з)

  1. array, sequence, series
  2. row
  3. string
  4. large number of, host of, a number of (+ genitive case)
  5. (mathematics) series, progression

Declension[edit]

Yola[edit]

Noun[edit]

niz

  1. Alternative form of nize
    • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 100:
      Ingsaury neileare (pidh?) his niz outh o' harr.
      J——N—— put his nose out of socket.

References[edit]

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 59