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See also: nèj, nej-, něj, and ней

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Swedish nej, from Old Swedish næi, from Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).

Interjection

nej

  1. no
  2. oh, oh no

Noun

nej n (singular definite nejet, plural indefinite nejer)

  1. no
Inflection
Declension of nej
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nej nejet nejer nejerne
genitive nejs nejets nejers nejernes

Etymology 2

See neje (“to curtsey”).

Verb

nej

  1. imperative of neje

Hungarian

Etymology

Back-formation or rebracketing of the possessive form neje into nej + e instead of earlier ne + je (< nő + je).

Pronunciation

Noun

nej (plural nejek)

  1. (proscribed) Synonym of feleség (“wife”).

Declension

Inflection of nej
singular plural
nominative nej nejek
accusative nejt
nejet 		nejeket
dative nejnek nejeknek
instrumental nejjel nejekkel
causal-final nejért nejekért
translative nejjé nejekké
terminative nejig nejekig
essive-formal nejként nejekként
essive-modal nejül —
inessive nejben nejekben
superessive nejen nejeken
adessive nejnél nejeknél
illative nejbe nejekbe
sublative nejre nejekre
allative nejhez nejekhez
elative nejből nejekből
delative nejről nejekről
ablative nejtől nejektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		nejé nejeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		nejéi nejekéi
Possessive forms of nej
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. nejem nejeim
2nd person sing. nejed nejeid
3rd person sing. neje nejei
1st person plural nejünk nejeink
2nd person plural nejetek nejeitek
3rd person plural nejük nejeik

References

  1. ^ In: A nyelvtanról három megközelítésben – magyartanár-jelölteknek (’On Grammar, in Three Approaches – for Would-be Teachers of Hungarian’) by Fancsaly, Éva et al., 2014

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic نَيِّئ (nayyiʔ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

nej (feminine singular nejja, plural nejjin)

  1. raw (uncooked)
  2. unripe

Slovak

Alternative forms

  • jej (genitive, dative)

Pronoun

nej

  1. genitive/dative/locative singular of ona

Swedish

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Etymology

From Old Swedish næi, from Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).

Pronunciation

Adverb

nej (not comparable)

  1. no; a negative answer
    Nej, jag har inga pengar med mig.
    No, I have no money with me.

Antonyms

Related terms

Noun

nej n

  1. a no, a nay; a negative answer or vote

Declension

Declension of nej 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative nej nejet nej nejen
Genitive nejs nejets nejs nejens

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *mi̯əu (“you all”).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

nej

  1. you (three or more: second person plural)
  2. your (three or more: second person plural)

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 136.
  • Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN.
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