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Definitions and meaning of ny

ny

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Nyanja.

Symbol

ny

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

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Chichewa terms

English

Verb

ny

  1. Obsolete spelling of nigh.

Anagrams

  • YN

Avokaya

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲ/

Letter

ny (uppercase Ny)

  1. A letter of the Avokaya alphabet.

Catalan

Letter

ny (upper case Ny)

  1. (used to represent the sound /ɲ/)

Cornish

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

  • nyns (used before forms of bos that start with a vowel)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /nɪ/

Particle

ny

  1. not

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /niː/, /nəɪ/

Pronoun

ny

  1. we
  2. us

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nyː/, [nyːˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old Danish ny, from Old Norse nýr, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (“new”).

Adjective

ny (neuter nyt, plural and definite singular attributive ny or nye)

  1. new
  2. fresh
  3. recent
  4. novel
  5. other
  6. different

Declension

Antonyms

  • gammel

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ný.

Noun

ny n (singular definite nyet, not used in plural form)

  1. new moon, waxing moon
    Antonym: næ
Declension

Derived terms

  • i ny og næ

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek Ν (N), ν (n).

Noun

ny n (singular definite nyet, plural indefinite nyer)

  1. nu; the Greek letter Ν, ν
Inflection

Further reading

  • “ny” in Den Danske Ordbog
  • ny on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
  • Ny (bogstav) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈɲ]
  • (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈɛɲː]

Letter

ny (lower case, upper case Ny)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called enny and written in the Latin script.

Declension

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

Further reading

  • ny in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Malagasy

Article

ny

  1. the (definite article)

Manx

Etymology 1

From Old Irish inna, form of Old Irish in, from Proto-Celtic *sindos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nə/

Article

ny

  1. (obsolete) genitive singular feminine of yn
    Purt ny h-Inshey ― Peel (lit. Port of the Island)
  2. nominative plural of yn
    ny h-ein ― the birds
  3. genitive plural of yn
    thie ny moght ― house of the poor
Usage notes

The plural and feminine singular article trigger h-prefixation to vowel initial words. The genitive plural article optionally triggers nasalisation which is rarely productive after the 18th century.

Etymology 2

From Old Irish nó, nú, from Proto-Celtic *nowe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nə/, /na/

Conjunction

ny

  1. or, nor

Etymology 3

From Old Irish ná (“don't”, prohibitive particle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nə/, /na/

Particle

ny

  1. don’t (particle used to introduce a negative imperative)
    Synonym: nagh

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nə/, /na/

Particle

ny

  1. that which, what (indirect relative, objects with verbal nouns take dy)

Etymology 5

Contraction of ayns and e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nə/

Contraction

ny

  1. ‘in his’ (triggers lenition):
    ny hie — ‘in his house’
    ny ayrn — ‘in his share’
  2. ‘in her’ (triggers h-prefixation):
    ny tie — ‘in her house’
    ny hayrn — ‘in her share’

Middle English

Adverb

ny

  1. alternative form of ne

Conjunction

ny

  1. alternative form of ne

Middle French

Etymology 1

From Old French ne, from Latin nec.

Conjunction

ny

  1. neither; nor
Usage notes
  • Chiefly used at least twice in the same sentence, such as ny riche, ny pouvre ― neither rich nor poor.
Descendants
  • French: ni

Etymology 2

See n'y

Contraction

ny

  1. manuscript form of n'y

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse nýr, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (“new”).

Adjective

ny (neuter singular nytt, definite singular and plural nye, comparative nyere, superlative nyest or nyeste)

  1. new (recently made or created)

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse nýr, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (“new”). Cognates include Latin novus, Ancient Greek νέος (néos), and English new. The noun is derived from the adjective.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nyː/, [nyʷː]

Adjective

ny (masculine and feminine ny, neuter singular nytt, definite singular and plural nye, comparative nyare, superlative nyast or nyaste)

  1. new (recently made or created)

Derived terms

Noun

ny n (definite singular nyet, indefinite plural ny, definite plural nya)

  1. a lunar phase of a new moon, i.e. a period of time in which the moon is waxing
    Antonym: ne

Derived terms

  • i ny og ne

References

  • “ny” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈnɨ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈni/

Pronoun

ny

  1. accusative of vě
    Synonym: najú
  2. accusative of my
    Synonym: nás

Old Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse nýr, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (“new”).

Adjective

ny

  1. new

Descendants

  • Danish: ny

References

  • “ny” in Gammeldansk Ordbog

Polish

Alternative forms

  • ni

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νῦ (nû), from Phoenician 𐤍 (n‬ /⁠nūn⁠/).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɘ/
  • Rhymes: -ɘ
  • Syllabification: ny

Noun

ny n (indeclinable)

  1. nu (Greek letter Ν, ν)

Further reading

  • ny in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈni/ [ˈni]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: ny

Noun

ny f (plural nys)

  1. nu; the Greek letter Ν, ν
    Synonym: ni

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse nýr, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwyos (“new”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nyː/

Adjective

ny (comparative nyare, superlative nyast)

  1. new

Declension

Derived terms

  • ny-

Further reading

  • ny in Svensk ordbok.

Vietnamese

Noun

ny

  1. (slang, Internet, text messaging) initialism of người yêu

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Interjection

ny

  1. no

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