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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁enos (“that one”), the source of Latin nē (“truly!”), enim (“truly”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɛ̌ː/ → /ni/ → /ni/
Adverb
νή • (nḗ)
- (used to express strong affirmation, with accusative case of the divinity invoked) by
- (with the article)
- (in answers)
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ναί”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 993
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