• IPA^(key): [ni]

ни• (ni) (personal,possessive)

1. short form of the first-person plural pronoun in the accusative case, used as the direct object of a verb;us

   Не мисля, чени видяха да идваме.

   Ne mislja, čeni vidjaha da idvame.

   I don't think they sawus come.

2. short form of the first-person plural pronoun in the dative case, used as the indirect object of a verb; tous, forus,us

   Бихте лини казали в колко часа каца самолетът?

   Bihte lini kazali v kolko časa kaca samoletǎt?

   Could you tellus at what time the plane lands?

3. short form of the first-person plural possessive pronoun;our

   Първатани спирка е Париж.

   Pǎrvatani spirka e Pariž.

   Our first stop is Paris.

FromProto-Slavic*ni.

ни• (ni)

1. used for emphasis to mean 'no thing or person';not a,not one

   Synonym:ни́то(níto)

   Не обелини дума.

   Ne obelini duma.

   He didn't saya single word.

   Ни един от хората, които бях поканил, не дойде.

   Ni edin ot horata, koito bjah pokanil, ne dojde.

   Not one of the people I'd invited showed up.

ни• (ni)

1. used to show that a negative statement is true of two things;neither,nor

   Synonym:ни́то(níto)

   Това ени в клин,ни в ръкав.

   Tova eni v klin,ni v rǎkav.

   That isneither herenor there.

   Тяни знае,ни се интересува какво се е случило.

   Tjani znae,ni se interesuva kakvo se e slučilo.

   Sheneither knowsnor cares what happened.

• ин-(in-),ин(in)

Cognate to StandardMandarin你 (nǐ).

• IPA^(key): /ni⁵¹/

ни• (ni) (II)

1. you

FromProto-Mordvinic*ńij, inherited fromProto-Uralic*niŋä(“woman, female”). Cognates includeNorthern Saminjiŋŋalâs,Lule Saminiŋŋēlis,Hungariannő,Tundra Nenetsне(nye).

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ни• (ni)

1. wife

   одни ―od ni ―a youngwife

   • 1865,Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann,Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page68:

     Ki javovi esninze martonzo avoľ lia marto pežeteń kis i uŕvaksty ombotse langso, te pežet teji martonzo.

     Anyone who divorces hiswife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.

• B. A. Serebrennikov; R. N. Buzakova; M. V. Mosin (1993), “ни”, inЭрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow:Русский язык,→ISBN
• Entry #598 inUralonet, online Uralic etymological database of theHungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Akin toArchiди(di).

ни• (ni)

1. asmell

Inherited fromProto-Slavic*ni.

• IPA^(key): [ni]

ни• (ni)

1. neither

   Synonym:ниту(nitu)

   Нема ни жена ни деца.

   Nema ni žena ni deca.

   He has neither a wife nor children.

ни• (ni)

1. not even

   Ни мајката не те сака.

   Ni majkata ne te saka.

   Not even your mother loves you.

   Не сакаше ни да се обиде.

   Ne sakaše ni da se obide.

   He didn't even want to try.

2. neither,either

   Ни јас не сакам да дојдам.

   Ni jas ne sakam da dojdam.

   I don't want to come either.

• IPA^(key): [ni]

ни• (ni)

1. Short indirect object form ofние(nie).

• IPA^(key): [ni]

ни• (ni) n

1. nu (Greek letter)

• IPA^(key): /ɲi/

ни (ņi)

1. I

FromProto-Slavic*ni(“nor, not”), fromProto-Balto-Slavic*nei, fromProto-Indo-European*nei.

ни• (ni)

1. not

• не(ne)

FromProto-Slavic*ni. Cognates includeOld Church Slavonicни(ni).

• Hyphenation:ни

ни (ni)

1. nor,neither
   • 1076,Sviatoslav's izbornik‎^[1], page 3:

     ни правьдникъ [съставить сѧ] бес почитаниꙗ книжьнааго

     ni pravĭdnikŭ [sŭstavitĭ sę] bes počitanija knižĭnaago

     nor [can] a righteous person [be built] without a reading of the books

• Old Ruthenian:ни(ni)
  • Belarusian:ні(ni)
  • Carpathian Rusyn:ни(ny)
  • Ukrainian:ні(ni)
• Russian:ни(ni)

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902), “ни”, inМатеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[2] (in Russian), volume 2(Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences,column443

• IPA^(key): [nʲɪ]

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• Homophone:не(ne)(when unstressed)

Inherited fromOld East Slavicни(ni), fromProto-Slavic*ni.

ни• (ni)

1. neither,nor

   нион,ниона́ ―ni on,ni oná ―neither he nor she

   нику́шает,ниспит ―ni kúšajet,ni spit ―neither eats nor sleeps

   • 1859,Иван Гончаров [Ivan Goncharov], “Часть 1. Глава 1”, inОбломов; English translation fromMarian Schwartz, transl.,Oblomov, New York:Seven Stories Press,2008:

     Лежа́нье у Ильи́ Ильича́ не́ былони необходи́мостью, как у больно́го и́ли как у челове́ка, кото́рый хо́чет спать,ни случа́йностью, как у того́, кто уста́л,ни наслажде́нием, как у лентя́я: э́то бы́ло его́ норма́льным состоя́нием.

     Ležánʹje u Ilʹí Ilʹičá né byloni neobxodímostʹju, kak u bolʹnóvo íli kak u čelovéka, kotóryj xóčet spatʹ,ni slučájnostʹju, kak u tovó, kto ustál,ni naslaždénijem, kak u lentjája: éto býlo jevó normálʹnym sostojánijem.

     For Ilya Ilich, recumbence wasneither a necessity, as it would be for an ill or sleepy man,nor an occasional occurrence, as for someone who was weary,nor a pleasure, as for a lazy man; it was his normal state.

ни• (ni)

1. not a

   ниоди́низста ―ni odín iz sta ―not one in a hundred

2. (between a personal pronoun and the verb in the affirmative)whatever,however

   чтоонниска́жет ―što onni skážet ―whatever he says

   какбыоннибылбога́т ―kak by onni byl bogát ―however rich he may be

3. (beforeкакой,кто,что)any,no

   нивкако́йкни́ге ―ni v kakój kníge ―(not) in any book, in no book

   ниначтонегоди́тся ―ni na što ne godítsja ―it’s good for nothing

Borrowed fromGreekνι(ni).

ни• (ni) n inan (indeclinable)

1. nu(the modern Greek letterΝ/ν)

   Synonym:(ancient or modern Greek)ню(nju)

Inherited fromProto-Slavic*ni(“nor, not”), fromProto-Balto-Slavic*nej, fromProto-Indo-European*ney. Compareни-,не.

ни (Latin spellingni)

1. (emphasizes negation)even,either

   ни ја то не знам ―even I don't know that; I don't know that either

   нисам хт(ј)ео ни да чујем за пр(иј)едлог ―I didn't even want to listen about the proposal

ни (Latin spellingni)

1. neither,nor

   она није ни паметна ни(ти) марљива ―she is neither smart nor industrious

   ни трага ни гласа о .. ―not a trace about ..

   ни крив ни дужан ―completely innocent

FromProto-Samoyedic*niə.

• IPA^(key): [nʲi]
• Hyphenation:ни

ни• (nyi)

1. belt

FromProto-Samoyedic*ńëj, fromProto-Uralic*ńële.

• IPA^(key): [nʲi]
• Hyphenation:ни

ни• (nyi)

1. (in compounds)arrow

• Pyrerka, A. P.;Tereščenko, N. M. (1948),Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow:Огиз,page213
• N. M. Tereschenko (2005), “ни”, inСловарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg:Просвещение,→ISBN

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