FromMiddle Englishnest,neste, fromOld Englishnēst,nēist, variants ofOld Englishnīehst(“nearest, next”). More atnext.
neist (notcomparable)
- (UK, dialect)Alternative form ofnext.
neist (notcomparable)
- (UK, dialect)Alternative form ofnext.
1785,Robert Burns,The Bonniest Lass:The bonniest lass that ye meetneist,
Gie her a kiss an' a' that
- Tiens,set in,Tines,senti,nites,tsien,snite,set-in,tsine,Stein,-stein,inset,sient,stein,tines
neist
- elativeplural ofnad(“they”)
- Used unstressed in a sentence. When the pronoun is stressed,nendest (adessive ofnemad) is used.
neist
- elativeplural ofneed(“these,those”)
- Synonym:nendest
Cognates includeLatviannīst andLithuanianniedėti.
- IPA(key): [ˈnʲæ̂i̯sʲtʲ]
- Hyphenation:neist
neist
- (transitive) tohate
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- M. Bukšs; J. Placinskis (1973),Latgaļu volūdas gramatika un pareizraksteibas vōrdneica, Latgaļu izdevnīceiba, page379
nēist(Anglian)
- alternative form ofnīehst