ний
Bulgarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nij]
Pronoun
ний • (nij) (personal)
- (regional, nonstandard or poetic) alternative form of ние (nie) (the first-person plural pronoun in the nominative case, used as the subject of a verb); we
- Ний сме по-високи от теб.
- Nij sme po-visoki ot teb.
- We are taller than you.
Usage notes
Ний and вий are used in the Eastern Bulgarian dialects and are not considered standard. They can also be found in poetry (see quotations) where the number of syllables is important and these pronouns are one syllable shorter than their corresponding standard forms.
Quotations
- 1872-73, Hristo Botev, “In the Tavern”, Nezavisimost (newspaper):
- […] ний сме синца с чаши в ръка!
- […] nij sme sinca s čaši v rǎka!
- nij sme sinca s čaši v rǎka!
we all have drinks in our hands!
- 1872-73, Hristo Botev, “In the Tavern”, Nezavisimost (newspaper):
Related terms
| nominative (subject) |
accusative (direct complement) |
dative (indirect complement) |
prepositional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| full | short | full | short | |||||
| singular | first person | аз (az) | мен (men) ме́не (méne) |
ме (me) | ме́не (méne) | ми (mi) | мен (men) ме́не (méne) | |
| second person |
informal | ти (ti) | теб (teb) те́бе (tébe) |
те (te) | те́бе (tébe) | ти (ti) | теб (teb) те́бе (tébe) | |
| formal | Ви́е (Víe) | Вас (Vas) | Ви (Vi) | Вам (Vam) | Ви (Vi) | Вас (Vas) | ||
| third person |
masculine | той (toj) | не́го (négo) | го (go) | не́му (nému) | му (mu) | не́го (négo) | |
| feminine | тя (tja) | не́я (néja) | я (ja) | ней (nej) | ѝ (ì) | не́я (néja) | ||
| neuter | то (to) | не́го (négo) | го (go) | не́му (nému) | му (mu) | не́го (négo) | ||
| plural | first person | ни́е (níe) ний (nij) |
нас (nas) | ни (ni) | нам (nam) | ни (ni) | нас (nas) | |
| second person |
informal | ви́е (víe) вий (vij) |
вас (vas) | ви (vi) | вам (vam) | ви (vi) | вас (vas) | |
| formal | Ви́е (Víe) | Вас (Vas) | Ви (Vi) | Вам (Vam) | Ви (Vi) | Вас (Vas) | ||
| third person | те (te) | тях (tjah) | ги (gi) | тям (tjam) | им (im) | тях (tjah) | ||
Eastern Mari
Etymology
From Proto-Mari, from Proto-Uralic *ńijne.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nij/
- Rhymes: -ij
- Hyphenation: ний
Noun
ний • (ńij)
- bast
- шӱштымӧ ний
- šüštymö ńij
- softened bast
Declension
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
References
- V. M. Vasiljev, Z. V. Uchaev (2003) “ний”, in Марийско-Русский словарь, Yoshkar-Ola, →ISBN
- J. Bradley et al. (2023) “ний”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna