nipan

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Finnish

Noun

nipan nwy

  1. genitive singular of nippa

Anagrams

Iranun

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipən.

Noun

nipan

  1. tooth

Old English

Etymology

Uncertain. Has been connected with Lithuanian niáukti (“to become overcast, gloomy”), via a hypothetical English pre-form *(kʷ)niaukʷ-;[1] however, this is rather ad hoc.

Pronunciation

Verb

nīpan

  1. to grow dark, darken
    • 10th century, The Wanderer:
      nīpeð nihtsċūa, · norþan onsendeð
      hrēo hæġlfare · hæleþum on andan.
      night-shade darkens, sends from the north
      a heartless hail-march to the men in wrath.

Conjugation

Conjugation of nīpan (strong, class I)
infinitive nīpan nīpenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular nīpe nāp
second person singular nīpst nipe
third person singular nīpþ nāp
plural nīpaþ nipon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular nīpe nipe
plural nīpen nipen
imperative
singular nīp
plural nīpaþ
participle present past
nīpende (ġe)nipen

References

  1. ^ “niaukti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
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