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).
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nej n (singular definite nejet, plural indefinite nejer)
See neje (“to curtsey”).
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Back-formation or rebracketing of the possessive form neje into nej + e instead of earlier ne + je (< nő + je).
nej (plural nejek)
Inflection of nej | ||
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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 | ||
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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 |
nej (feminine singular nejja, plural nejjin)
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From Old Swedish næi, from Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).
nej (not comparable)
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Declension of nej | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | nej | nejet | nej | nejen |
Genitive | nejs | nejets | nejs | nejens |
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *mi̯əu (“you all”).
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