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Old Church Slavonic
Pronoun
ню • (nju) (Old East Church Slavonic)
- Prepositional form of ю (ju)
1581, “Matthew 9:18”, in Ostrog Bible:дщи моа ныне умретъ.но пришедъ възложи на ню руку свою , и оживетъ·- dšti moa nyne umretŭ.no prišedŭ vŭzloži na nju ruku svoju , i oživetŭ·
- My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live
Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French nu.
Noun
ню • (nju) n inan (indeclinable)
- (art) nude
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ancient Greek νῦ (nû).
Noun
ню • (nju) n inan (indeclinable)
- nu (the Greek letter Ν/ν)
- Synonym: (modern Greek) ни (ni)
Tundra Nenets
Etymology
From Proto-Samoyedic *ńuə.
Pronunciation
Noun
ню̄ • (nyū)
- child, offspring
Derived terms
References
- Pyrerka, A. P., Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, pages 68, 278
- N. M. Tereschenko (2005) “ню”, in Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN
- Irina Nikolaeva (2014) A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 33