ny
English
Cornish
Particle
ny
Pronoun
ny
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}}})
Antonyms
- næ
Etymology 3
From Ancient Greek Ν (N), ν (n).
Inflection
Further reading
ny on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da Ny (bogstav) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Malagasy
Manx
Article
ny
Usage notes
Prefixes h- to words beginning with vowels.
Conjunction
ny
- ‘or’
Middle French
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),, English new.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nyː/
Adjective
ny (neuter singular nytt, definite singular and plural nye, comparative nyare, superlative nyast or nyaste)
- new (recently made or created)
Derived terms
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse nýr, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (“new”).
Pronunciation
audio (file) - IPA(key): /ny/
Declension
Inflection of ny | |||
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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. |
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