ny
Translingual
Cornish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /nɪ/
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /niː/, /nəɪ/
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nyː/, [nyːˀ]
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)
Antonyms
Etymology 3
From Ancient Greek Ν (N), ν (n).
Inflection
Further reading
- “ny” in Den Danske Ordbog
ny on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Ny (bogstav) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈɲ]
- (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈɛɲː]
Letter
ny (lower case, upper case Ny)
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
- (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.
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
Manx
Article
ny
Usage notes
Prefixes h- to words beginning with vowels.
Conjunction
ny
- ‘or’
Middle French
Etymology 1
From Old French ne, from Latin nec.
Usage notes
- Chiefly used at least twice in the same sentence, such as ny riche, ny pouvre ― neither rich nor poor.
Descendants
- French: ni
Etymology 2
See n'y
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse nýr, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (“new”).
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
- IPA(key): /nyː/
Adjective
ny (masculine and feminine ny, neuter singular nytt, definite singular and plural nye, comparative nyare, superlative nyast or nyaste)
- new (recently made or created)
Derived terms
Noun
ny n (definite singular nyet, indefinite plural ny, definite plural nya)
- a lunar phase of a new moon, i.e. a period of time in which the moon is waxing
- Antonym: ne
Derived terms
References
- “ny” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse nýr, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (“new”).
Descendants
- Danish: ny
References
- “ny” in Gammeldansk Ordbog
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek νῦ (nû), from Phoenician 𐤍 (n /nūn/).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɨ/
- Rhymes: -ɨ
- Syllabification: ny
Further reading
- ny in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈni/ [ˈni]
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: ny
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse nýr, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (“new”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nyː/
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Declension
| Inflection of ny | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | ny | nyare | nyast |
| Neuter singular | nytt | nyare | nyast |
| Plural | nya | nyare | nyast |
| Masculine plural3 | nye | nyare | nyast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | nye | nyare | nyaste |
| All | nya | nyare | nyaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Derived terms
Further reading
- ny in Svensk ordbok.