ny

Clipping of English Nyanja.

ny

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Chichewa.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Chichewa terms

ny

1. Obsolete spelling of nigh.

• YN

• IPA^(key): /ɲ/

ny (uppercase Ny)

1. A letter of the Avokaya alphabet.

ny (upper case Ny)

1. (used to represent the sound /ɲ/)

• nyns (used before forms of bos that start with a vowel)

• IPA^(key): /nɪ/

ny

1. not

• IPA^(key): /niː/, /nəɪ/

ny

1. we
2. us

• IPA^(key): /nyː/, [nyːˀ]

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

ny (neuter nyt, plural and definite singular attributive ny or nye)

1. new
2. fresh
3. recent
4. novel
5. other
6. different

• gammel

From Old Norse ný.

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

1. new moon, waxing moon

   Antonym: næ

• i ny og næ

From Ancient Greek Ν (N), ν (n).

ny n (singular definite nyet, plural indefinite nyer)

1. nu; the Greek letter Ν, ν

• “ny” in Den Danske Ordbog
• ny on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Ny (bogstav) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): [ˈɲ]
• (letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈɛɲː]

ny (lower case, upper case Ny)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called enny and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

• ny in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

ny

1. the (definite article)

From Old Irish inna, form of Old Irish in, from Proto-Celtic *sindos.

• IPA^(key): /nə/

ny

1. (obsolete) 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

   thie ny moght ― house of the poor

The plural and feminine singular article trigger h-prefixation to vowel initial words. The genitive plural article optionally triggers nasalisation which is rarely productive after the 18th century.

From Old Irish nó, nú, from Proto-Celtic *nowe.

• IPA^(key): /nə/, /na/

ny

1. or, nor

   Va mee ayn three ny kiare dy cheayrtyn

   I was there three or four times

   Cha nel creenaght ny niart ayd

   You have neither wisdom nor strength

From Old Irish ná (“don't”, prohibitive particle).

• IPA^(key): /nə/, /na/

ny

1. don’t (particle used to introduce a negative imperative)

   Synonym: nagh

   Ny abbyr shen!

   Don’t say that!

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /nə/, /na/

ny

1. that which, what (indirect relative, objects with verbal nouns take dy)

   Ny ta shin dy ymmyrch

   What we stand in need of

   Cha nel shen ny va mee jerkal rish er jeet my raad

   That which I was expecting has not come my way

Contraction of ayns and e.

• IPA^(key): /nə/

ny

1. ‘in his’ (triggers lenition):

   ny hie — ‘in his house’

   ny ayrn — ‘in his share’

2. ‘in her’ (triggers h-prefixation):

   ny tie — ‘in her house’

   ny hayrn — ‘in her share’

ny

1. alternative form of ne

ny

1. alternative form of ne

From Old French ne, from Latin nec.

ny

1. neither; nor

• Chiefly used at least twice in the same sentence, such as ny riche, ny pouvre ― neither rich nor poor.

• French: ni

See n'y

ny

1. manuscript form of n'y

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

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

1. new (recently made or created)

From Old Norse nýr, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (“new”). Cognates include Latin novus, Ancient Greek νέος (néos), and English new. The noun is derived from the adjective.

• IPA^(key): /nyː/, [nyʷː]

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

1. new (recently made or created)

ny n (definite singular nyet, indefinite plural ny, definite plural nya)

1. a lunar phase of a new moon, i.e. a period of time in which the moon is waxing

   Antonym: ne

• i ny og ne

• “ny” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈnɨ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈni/

ny

1. accusative of vě

   Synonym: najú

2. accusative of my

   Synonym: nás

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

ny

1. new

• Danish: ny

• “ny” in Gammeldansk Ordbog

• ni

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νῦ (nû), from Phoenician 𐤍 (n‬ /⁠nūn⁠/).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɘ/
• Rhymes: -ɘ
• Syllabification: ny

ny n (indeclinable)

1. nu (Greek letter Ν, ν)

• ny in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /ˈni/ [ˈni]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ny

ny f (plural nys)

1. nu; the Greek letter Ν, ν

   Synonym: ni

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

• IPA^(key): /nyː/

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ny (comparative nyare, superlative nyast)

1. new

• ny-

• ny in Svensk ordbok.

ny

1. (slang, Internet, text messaging) initialism of người yêu

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ny

1. no