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See also:Nis,NIS,ni-s,-nis,niś,niš,Niš,ñiś,-niß,andniş
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English

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Etymology 1

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FromDanishnisse.

Noun

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nis (pluralnisses)

  1. Anix; ahobgoblin, especially one that resides in a farm house.
    • 1828,Thomas Keightley,The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth:
      No farm-house goes on well without there is aNis in it, and well is it for the maids and the men when they are in favour with him.
    • 1828,Thomas Keightley,The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page259:
      The people of the Feroes call theNisses or Brownies Niagruisar, and describe them as little creatures with red caps on their beads, that bring luck to any place where they take up their abode.

Etymology 2

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Contraction

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nis

  1. (obsolete)Contraction ofneis

Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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FromDutchnis, fromMiddle Frenchniche.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nis (pluralnisse)

  1. niche

Albanian

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Etymology

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FromProto-Albanian*neitša, fromProto-Indo-European*néykʷyeti, related toLithuaniansu-ni̇̀kti(“to set upon, to attack”),Proto-Slavic*niknǫti(“to rise, grow”), and, proposed by some,Ancient Greekνεῖκος(neîkos,“quarrel, struggle”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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nis (aoristnisa,participlenisur)

  1. tostart, tobegin
  2. toprepare for a journey

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “nis”, inAlbanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill,→ISBN, page191

Amatlán Zapotec

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Alternative forms

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  • nits(San Francisco Logueche)

Etymology

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FromProto-Zapotec*nissa, fromProto-Zapotecan*nissa.

Noun

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nis

  1. (San Cristóbal)water

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Ayoquesco Zapotec

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Etymology

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FromProto-Zapotec*nissa, fromProto-Zapotecan*nissa.

Noun

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nis

  1. water

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Cajonos Zapotec

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Etymology

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FromProto-Zapotec*nissa, fromProto-Zapotecan*nissa.

Noun

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nis

  1. water

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Catalan

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Noun

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nis

  1. plural ofni

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromMiddle Frenchniche (17th century).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nis f (pluralnissen,diminutivenisje n)

  1. (architecture)niche
    Synonym:muurholte

Related terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans:nis
  • → Papiamentu:nis

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Byapheresis frominis.

Verb

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nis (present analyticniseann,future analyticneosaidh,verbal nounnisint,past participleniste)

  1. Kerry form ofinis(“to tell”)
Conjugation
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conjugation ofnis (first conjugation – A)
verbal nounnisint
past participleniste
tensesingularpluralrelativeautonomous
firstsecondthirdfirstsecondthird
indicative
presentnisimniseann túniseann sé, sínisimídniseann sibhniseann siad;
nisid		aniseannnistear
pastniseasnisisnis sé, síniseamairniseabhairniseadaranis
arnis*		niseadh
past habitualnisinnnisteániseadh sé, sínisimis;nisimistniseadh sibhnisidís;nisidístaniseadhnistí
futureneosaidh mé;
neosad		neosaidh tú;
neosair		neosaidh sé, síneosaimíd;
neosam		neosaidh sibhneosaidh siad;
neosaid		aneosaidhneosfar
conditionalneosainnneosfáneosadh sé, síneosaimís;neosaimístneosadh sibhneosaidís;neosaidístaneosadhneosfaí
subjunctive
presentgonise mé;
gonisead		gonise tú;
gonisir		gonise sé, sígonisimídgonise sibhgonise siad;
gonisid		—gonistear
pastdánisinndánisteádániseadh sé, sídánisimis;
dánisimíst		dániseadh sibhdánisidís;
dánisidíst		—dánistí
imperative
–nisimnisniseadh sé, sínisimís,nisimístnisidhnisidís,nisidíst—nistear

* indirect relative

Further reading

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  • Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000)Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann[Linguistics Institute of Ireland],→ISBN, section 544, pages295–97

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Noun

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nis m sg

  1. genitivesingular ofneas(“moulding-block”)

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

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Malecite-Passamaquoddy numbers(edit)
20
[a],[b] ←  123  → [a],[b]
   Cardinal:nis,tapu
   Ordinal:nisewey
   Adverbial:nisokehs
   Adnominal:nisuwok,nisonul

Etymology

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FromProto-Algonquian*nyi·šwi(“two”).

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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nis (initial rootnis-)

  1. two (in counting)
    Synonym:tapu

References

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Mitla Zapotec

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Etymology

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FromProto-Zapotec*nissa, fromProto-Zapotecan*nissa.

Noun

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nis

  1. water

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Mixtepec Zapotec

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Etymology

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FromProto-Zapotec*nissa, fromProto-Zapotecan*nissa.

Noun

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nis

  1. water

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Old English

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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nis

  1. Contraction ofneis(“is not”).

Old Saxon

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Etymology

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Compare a similar contraction inOld English, where it applied to the whole conjugation ofwesan and thus created the verbnesan. Such contractions with a verb and the negative part*ne are frequently encountered in ancient Germanic languages, compare Old Saxonnitan,newitan(“to not know”) (fromne +witan), Old Englishnabban(“to not have”) (fromne +habban),nillan(“to not want”) (fromne +willan) andnesan(“to not be”) (ne +wesan).

Verb

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nis

  1. Contraction ofneis(“is not”).
    • (Can wedate this quote?), Heliand, verse 3935:
      uundres an thesaru uueroldi:nis that uureðaro dad
      wonders of this world: itis not the angriest deed

Phalura

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Etymology

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(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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nis (demonstrative,Perso-Arabic spellingنِس)

  1. it
  2. him
  3. her
  4. this one (prox acc)

Alternative forms

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References

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  • Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “nis”, inPalula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives,→ISBN

Portuguese

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Noun

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nis f

  1. plural ofni

Quioquitani-Quierí Zapotec

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Etymology

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FromProto-Zapotec*nissa, fromProto-Zapotecan*nissa.

Noun

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nis

  1. water

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San Juan Guelavía Zapotec

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Etymology

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FromProto-Zapotec*nissa, fromProto-Zapotecan*nissa.

Noun

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nis

  1. water

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San Pedro Quiatoni Zapotec

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Etymology

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FromProto-Zapotec*nissa, fromProto-Zapotecan*nissa.

Noun

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nis

  1. water

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Santa María Quiegolani Zapotec

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Etymology

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FromProto-Zapotec*nissa, fromProto-Zapotecan*nissa.

Noun

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nis

  1. water

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Scottish Gaelic

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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nis

  1. Clipping ofa-nis(“now”).

Southern Rincon Zapotec

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Etymology

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FromProto-Zapotec*nissa, fromProto-Zapotecan*nissa.

Noun

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nis

  1. water

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Texmelucan Zapotec

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Etymology

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FromProto-Zapotec*nissa, fromProto-Zapotecan*nissa.

Noun

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nis

  1. water

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Tilquiapan Zapotec

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Etymology

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FromProto-Zapotec*nissa, fromProto-Zapotecan*nissa.

Noun

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nis

  1. water

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Tlacolulita Zapotec

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Etymology

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FromProto-Zapotec*nissa, fromProto-Zapotecan*nissa.

Noun

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nis

  1. water

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Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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nis

  1. Nasal mutation ofdis.

Mutation

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Mutated forms ofdis
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
disddisnisunchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Xanaguía Zapotec

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Etymology

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FromProto-Zapotec*nissa, fromProto-Zapotecan*nissa.

Noun

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nis

  1. water

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Yalálag Zapotec

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Etymology

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FromProto-Zapotec*nissa, fromProto-Zapotecan*nissa.

Noun

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nis

  1. water

References

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  • F. López Lorenzo,Cuent que to tiemp ca uk huin nis (Cuando hubo escasez de agua en Yalálag) (1979)
  • Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

Yatee Zapotec

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Etymology

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FromProto-Zapotec*nissa, fromProto-Zapotecan*nissa.

Noun

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nis

  1. water

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Yatzachi Zapotec

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Etymology

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FromProto-Zapotec*nissa, fromProto-Zapotecan*nissa.

Noun

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nis

  1. water
  2. juice

Adjective

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nis

  1. watery

References

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  • NAOS: notes and materials for the linguistic study of the sacred, volume 1 (4), issue 1 (1984): Yatzachi nEl Bajo Zapotec (I. B.) leˀex̭ (adjective) = holy: nis leˀex̭ = holy water.
  • Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8
  • Butler H., Inez M. (2000)Diccionario zapoteco de Yatzachi: Yatzachi el Bajo, Yatzachi el Alto, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”;37)‎[3], second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.:Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages270–271

Zaniza Zapotec

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Etymology

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FromProto-Zapotec*nissa, fromProto-Zapotecan*nissa.

Noun

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nis

  1. water

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Zoogocho Zapotec

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Etymology

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FromProto-Zapotec*nissa, fromProto-Zapotecan*nissa.

Noun

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nis

  1. water
  2. juice

Adjective

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nis

  1. watery

References

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  • Aaron Huey Sonnenschein,A Descriptive Grammar of San Bartolomé Zoogocho Zapotec (2005)
  • Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8
  • Long C., Rebecca, Cruz M., Sofronio (2000)Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”;38)‎[4] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.:Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page262
  1. ^Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000)Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann[Linguistics Institute of Ireland],→ISBN, section 544, page295
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