Nil

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "nil"

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Nil

A transliteration of the English male given name Neil.

Catalan

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:

Nil

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos), probably via Arabic نِيل (nīl).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia)

Proper noun

Nil m

Nile (a river in Africa)

Derived terms

Related terms

nilòtic

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
Hyphenation: Nil

Proper noun

Nil m inan (related adjective nilský)

Nile

Declension

Declension of Nil (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Nil
genitive	Nilu
dative	Nilu
accusative	Nil
vocative	Nile
locative	Nilu
instrumental	Nilem

Further reading

“Nil”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
“Nil”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Proper noun

Nil c

indefinite singular of Nilen

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nil/
Audio: (file)

Proper noun

Nil m

Nile (a major river in Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi)

Derived terms

bec-en-sabot du Nil

Anagrams

lin

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /niːl/
Audio: (file)

Proper noun

der Nil m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Nil or des Nils)

Nile (a major river in Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan and Egypt, emptying into the Mediterranean)

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic النِّيل (an-nīl).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nîl/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

Proper noun

Nîl f

Nile

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

Nil

Etymology

From Arabic النِّيل (an-nīl)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnil/,

Proper noun

Nil

Nile (a river in Africa)

Occitan

Occitan Wikipedia has an article on:

Nil

Proper noun

Nil m

Nile

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Nil

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Nilus, from Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɲil/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -il
Syllabification: Nil
Homophone: nil

Proper noun

Nil m inan

Nile (a major river flowing through Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi; one of the two longest rivers in the world, along with the Amazon)

Declension

Declension of Nil

	singular
nominative	Nil
genitive	Nilu
dative	Nilowi
accusative	Nil
instrumental	Nilem
locative	Nilu
vocative	Nilu

Derived terms

adjective

nilowy

Further reading

Nil in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
Nil in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:

Nil

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nîl/

Proper noun

Nȉl m (Cyrillic spelling Ни̏л)

Nile (a major river in Africa)

Turkish

Picture dictionary

Nil

Suudi Arabistan

Güney Kıbrıs

Nil

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nil/

Proper noun

Nil

Nile
a female given name

Declension

declension of Nil

	singular	plural
nominative	Nil	Niller
accusative	Nil'i	Nilleri
dative	Nil'e	Nillere
locative	Nil'de	Nillerde
ablative	Nil'den	Nillerden
genitive	Nil'in	Nillerin

possessive of Nil

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Nil'im	Nillerim / Nil'lerim
senin (your)	Nil'in	Nillerin / Nil'lerin
onun (his/her/its)	Nil'i	Nilleri / Nil'leri
bizim (our)	Nil'imiz	Nillerimiz / Nil'lerimiz
sizin (your)	Nil'iniz	Nilleriniz / Nil'leriniz
onların (their)	Nil'i / Nilleri / Nil'leri	Nilleri / Nil'leri

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