nì

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ni"

Italian

Etymology

Blend of no (“no”) +‎ sì (“yes”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈni/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: nì

Adverb

nì

  1. (colloquial) yes and no

Anagrams

Mandarin

Alternative forms

  • ni — nonstandard

Romanization

nì (ni4, Zhuyin ㄋㄧˋ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 伱
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 倪
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 匿
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 坣
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 堄
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嫟
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嬺
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 屰
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嶷
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 惄
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 愵
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 慒
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 昵
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 晰
  15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 暱/昵
  16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 殝
  17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 氼
  18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 泤
  19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 溺
  20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 濖
  21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 灃/沣
  22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 痆
  23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 睨
  24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 糑
  25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 縌/𰬳
  26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 胒
  27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 膩/腻
  28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 衱
  29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 迡
  30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 逆
  31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鷁/鹢
  32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鷊/鹝
  33. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鹝
  34. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鹢

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish do·gní.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niː/

Verb

nì

  1. future indicative independent of dèan
Usage notes

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ní (“something, n of nech”) conflated with reanalysis of Old Irish aní (“that which”) as an nì (“the thing”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲiː/

Noun

nì m (genitive singular nì, plural nithean or nithe)

  1. thing
    Synonym: rud
Derived terms
  • An Nì Math (“God”)
  • neoni (“zero; nothing; nil”)
  • nì-eigin (“something”)

Noun

nì m (genitive singular nith, no plural)

  1. cattle
    Synonym: crodh
  2. goods

References

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “nì”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
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