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Danish
Pronunciation
Adjective
nyt
- neuter singular of ny
Finnish
Etymology
From earlier *nyyt (with irregular shortening of the vowel yy > y), from Proto-Finnic *nügüt. Compare nyky-, nytten. Cognates include Estonian nüüd, Livvi nügöi, Ludian nügü, Veps nügüd'.
Pronunciation
Adverb
nyt (not comparable)
- now (at the present time)
- Synonyms: juuri, nytten, nytte
Olen nyt kotona.- I'm (at) home now.
- (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.
- (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.
- (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)
- use, usefulness
- Synonyms: not, gagn, nytsemi
- the amount of milk produced by a sheep or cow; yield
Declension
Declension of nyt (feminine)
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *nügüt. Cognates include Finnish nyt and Estonian nüüd.
Pronunciation
Adverb
nyt
- 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
- imperative of nyte
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
nyt
- inflection of nyta:
- present
- imperative
Polish
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
Interjection
nyt
- (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) used to call pigs
Derived terms
Further reading
- Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “nyt”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 306