ny

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ny"

English

Verb

ny

  1. Obsolete spelling of nigh

Cornish

Particle

ny

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /nɪ/

  1. not

Pronoun

ny

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /niː/, /nəɪ/

  1. we
  2. us

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nyː/, [nyːˀ]

Etymology 1

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) {{{5}}})

  1. new
  2. fresh
  3. recent
  4. novel
  5. other
  6. different
  7. definite and plural of ny

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ný.

Noun

ny n (singular definite nyet, not used in plural form)

  1. new moon, waxing moon
Antonyms
  • næ

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek Ν (N), ν (n).

Noun

ny n (singular definite nyet, plural indefinite nyer)

  1. nu; the Greek letter Ν, ν
Inflection

Further reading

Malagasy

Article

ny

  1. the (definite article)

Manx

Article

ny

  1. genitive singular feminine of yn
    Purt ny h-Inshey ― Peel (lit. Port of the Island)
  2. nominative plural of yn
    ny h-ein ― the birds
  3. genitive plural of yn
    laa jeh ny laaghyn ― one of the days

Usage notes

Prefixes h- to words beginning with vowels.

Conjunction

ny

  1. ‘or’

Middle French

Etymology 1

Conjunction

ny

  1. neither; nor
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

Contraction

ny

  1. manuscript form of n'y

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse nýr, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (“new”).

Adjective

ny (neuter singular nytt, definite singular and plural nye, comparative nyere, superlative nyest or nyeste)

  1. new (recently made or created)

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse nýr, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (“new”). Akin to English new.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nyː/

Adjective

ny (neuter singular nytt, definite singular and plural nye, comparative nyare, superlative nyast or nyaste)

  1. new (as above)

Derived terms

References

Spanish

Noun

ny f (plural nys)

  1. nu; the Greek letter Ν, ν

Synonyms

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse nýr, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (“new”).

Pronunciation

  • audio(file)
  • IPA(key): /ny/

Adjective

ny (comparative nyare, superlative nyast)

  1. new

Declension

Inflection of ny
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular ny nyare nyast
Neuter singular nytt nyare nyast
Plural nya 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.

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Interjection

ny

  1. no

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse nýr, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (“new”). Akin to English new.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nyː/, /nøʏ̯ː/, /nʊi̯ː/
    • (southernmost lects) Rhymes: -ýː, -ýːð
    • (mid-southern lects) Rhymes: -ýː
    • (northern í-ý merger) Rhymes: -ýː, -íː
    • (øy-ý merger) Rhymes: -ýː, -ǿʏ̯ː

Adjective

ny (neuter singular nytt, plural nyy, definite masculine nyyn, definite feminine nya, definite neuter nyä, definite plural nyän, comparative nyänä, superlative nyäst)

  1. new

Noun

ny

  1. new moon
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