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Translingual

Symbol

ny

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Chichewa.

English

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Verb

ny

  1. Obsolete spelling of nigh.

Anagrams

Avokaya

Pronunciation

Letter

ny (uppercase Ny)

  1. A letter of the Avokaya alphabet.

Catalan

Letter

ny (upper case Ny)

  1. (used to represent the sound /ɲ/)

Cornish

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

  • nyns (used before forms of bos that start with a vowel)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /nɪ/

Particle

ny

  1. not

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /niː/, /nəɪ/

Pronoun

ny

  1. we
  2. us

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Danish ny, from Old Norse nýr, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (new).

Adjective

ny (neuter nyt, plural and definite singular attributive ny or nye, comparative nyere, superlative (predicative) nyest, superlative (attributive) nyeste)

  1. new
  2. fresh
  3. recent
  4. novel
  5. other
  6. different
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse .

Noun

ny n (singular definite nyet, not used in plural form)

  1. new moon, waxing moon
Antonyms

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek Ν (N), ν (n).

Noun

ny n (singular definite nyet, plural indefinite nyer)

  1. nu; the Greek letter Ν, ν
Inflection

Further reading

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Letter

ny (lower case, upper case Ny)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called enny and written in the Latin script.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative ny ny-ek
accusative ny-et ny-eket
dative ny-nek ny-eknek
instrumental ny-nyel ny-ekkel
causal-final ny-ért ny-ekért
translative ny-nyé ny-ekké
terminative ny-ig ny-ekig
essive-formal ny-ként ny-ekként
essive-modal
inessive ny-ben ny-ekben
superessive ny-en ny-eken
adessive ny-nél ny-eknél
illative ny-be ny-ekbe
sublative ny-re ny-ekre
allative ny-hez ny-ekhez
elative ny-ből ny-ekből
delative ny-ről ny-ekről
ablative ny-től ny-ektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
ny-é ny-eké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
ny-éi ny-ekéi
Possessive forms of ny
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. ny-em ny-eim
2nd person sing. ny-ed ny-eid
3rd person sing. ny-e ny-ei
1st person plural ny-ünk ny-eink
2nd person plural ny-etek ny-eitek
3rd person plural ny-ük ny-eik

See also

Further reading

  • ny in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Malagasy

Article

ny

  1. the (definite article)

Manx

Article

ny

  1. genitive singular feminine of yn
    Purt ny h-InsheyPeel (lit. Port of the Island)
  2. nominative plural of yn
    ny h-einthe birds
  3. genitive plural of yn
    laa jeh ny laaghynone of the days

Usage notes

Prefixes h- to words beginning with vowels.

Conjunction

ny

  1. ‘or’

Middle English

Adverb

ny

  1. Alternative form of ne

Conjunction

ny

  1. Alternative form of ne

Middle French

Etymology 1

From Old French ne, from Latin nec.

Conjunction

ny

  1. neither; nor
Usage notes
  • Chiefly used at least twice in the same sentence, such as ny riche, ny pouvreneither rich nor poor.
Descendants
  • French: ni

Etymology 2

See n'y

Contraction

ny

  1. manuscript form of n'y

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse nýr, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (new).

Adjective

ny (neuter singular nytt, definite singular and plural nye, comparative nyere, superlative nyest or nyeste)

  1. new (recently made or created)

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse nýr, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (new). Cognates include Latin novus, Ancient Greek νέος (néos), and English new. The noun is derived from the adjective.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ny (masculine and feminine ny, neuter singular nytt, definite singular and plural nye, comparative nyare, superlative nyast or nyaste)

  1. new (recently made or created)

Derived terms

Noun

ny n (definite singular nyet, indefinite plural ny, definite plural nya)

  1. a lunar phase of a new moon, i.e. a period of time in which the moon is waxing
    Antonym: ne

Derived terms

References

Old Czech

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ny

  1. accusative of
    Synonym: najú
  2. accusative of my
    Synonym: nás

Old Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse nýr, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (new).

Adjective

ny

  1. new

Descendants

  • Danish: ny

References

Polish

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νῦ (), from Phoenician 𐤍 (n‬ /⁠nūn⁠/).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɘ/
  • Rhymes:
  • Syllabification: ny

Noun

ny n (indeclinable)

  1. nu (Greek letter Ν, ν)

Further reading

  • ny in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈni/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: ny

Noun

ny f (plural nys)

  1. nu; the Greek letter Ν, ν
    Synonym: ni

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse nýr, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (new).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nyː/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

ny (comparative nyare, superlative nyast)

  1. new

Declension

Inflection of ny
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular ny nyare nyast
neuter singular nytt nyare nyast
plural nya nyare nyast
masculine plural2 nye nyare nyast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 nye nyare nyaste
all nya nyare nyaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

Further reading

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Interjection

ny

  1. no