nyt

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See also: NYT, nýt, and -nyt

Danish

Pronunciation

Adjective

nyt

  1. neuter singular of ny

Finnish

Etymology

From earlier *nyyt (the medial vowel shortened irregularly to its current form), from Proto-Finnic *nügüt. Compare nyky-, nytten. Cognates include Estonian nüüd, Livvi nügöi, Ludian nügü, Veps nügüd'.

Pronunciation

Adverb

nyt (not comparable)

  1. now (at the present time)
    Synonyms: juuri, nytten, nytte
    Olen nyt kotona.
    I'm (at) home now.
  2. (colloquial) Used when understating, belittling, etc.
    Ei tämä nyt kyllä ihan hyvin mennyt.
    This didn't really go all that well, did it.
    Se nyt on pikkuseikka.
    That's just a detail.
  3. (colloquial) With an imperative or request, used to emphasize, to suggest impatience, or a wish to move on, or plead, etc.; often with vain/vaan
    Tee nyt se ensin, niin katsotaan sitten.
    Just do it first and we'll see after that.
    Tulisit nyt!
    Please, please come!
    Ole nyt vaan hiljaa.
    Just be quiet, will you.
  4. (colloquial) Used when talking about something that the speaker knows and feels the person being spoken to knows as well.
    Kyllä minä nyt sinua rakastan.
    (Oh come on), I do love you.
    Kai minä nyt sen tiedän!
    Surely you don't think I don't know that?

Further reading

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse nyt, from Proto-Germanic *nutjō (“profit; yield”).

Pronunciation

Noun

nyt f (genitive singular nytjar, nominative plural nytjar)

  1. use, usefulness
    Synonyms: not, gagn, nytsemi
  2. the amount of milk produced by a sheep or cow; yield

Declension

declension of nyt
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nyt nytin nytjar nytjarnar
accusative nyt nytina nytjar nytjarnar
dative nyt nytinni nytjum nytjunum
genitive nytjar nytjarinnar nytja nytjanna

Ingrian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nügüt. Cognates include Finnish nyt and Estonian nüüd.

Pronunciation

Adverb

nyt

  1. now
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 30:
      Nyt ono syksy.
      It is autumn now.
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:
      Miä muissin, kui möö hulkuimma metsää mööt, yhenlain ku sokkiat, ja nyt kovin meinaisin oppihussa löytämää teetä, samalviittää kui pioneerat.
      I remembered, how we wandered along the forest, like we were blind, and now I really decided to learn to find the way, just like the pioneers.

See also

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 11
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 352
  • Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 82

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

nyt

  1. imperative of nyte

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

nyt

  1. inflection of nyta:
    1. present
    2. imperative
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