BulgarianEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronounEdit

ни (ni) (personal, possessive)

  1. short form of the first-person plural pronoun in the accusative case, used as the direct object of a verb; us
    Не мисля, че ни видяха да идваме.
    Ne mislja, če ni vidjaha da idvame.
    I don't think they saw us come.
  2. short form of the first-person plural pronoun in the dative case, used as the indirect object of a verb; to us, for us, us
    Бихте ли ни казали в колко часа каца самолетът?
    Bihte li ni kazali v kolko časa kaca samoletǎt?
    Could you tell us at what time the plane lands?
  3. short form of the first-person plural possessive pronoun; our
    Първата ни спирка е Париж.
    Pǎrvata ni spirka e Pariž.
    Our first stop is Paris.
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Slavic *ni.

ParticleEdit

ни (ni)

  1. used for emphasis to mean 'no thing or person'; not a, not one
    Не обели ни дума.
    Ne obeli ni duma.
    He didn't say a single word.
    Ни един от хората, които бях поканил, не дойде.
    Ni edin ot horata, koito bjah pokanil, ne dojde.
    Not one of the people I'd invited showed up.
    Synonym: ни́то (níto)

ConjunctionEdit

ни (ni)

  1. used to show that a negative statement is true of two things; neither, nor
    Това е ни в клин, ни в ръкав.
    Tova e ni v klin, ni v rǎkav.
    That is neither here nor there.
    Тя ни знае, ни се интересува какво се е случило.
    Tja ni znae, ni se interesuva kakvo se e slučilo.
    She neither knows nor cares what happened.
    Synonym: ни́то (níto)

DunganEdit

EtymologyEdit

Cognate to Standard Mandarin ().

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

ни (ni) (II)

  1. you

ErzyaEdit

NounEdit

ни (ni)

  1. wife

LezgiEdit

EtymologyEdit

Akin to Archi ди (di).

NounEdit

ни (ni)

  1. a smell

MacedonianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Slavic *ni.

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

ни (ni)

  1. neither
    Нема ни жена ни деца.
    Nema ni žena ni deca.
    He has neither a wife nor children.
SynonymsEdit

ParticleEdit

ни (ni)

  1. not even
    Ни мајката не те сака.
    Ni majkata ne te saka.
    Not even your mother loves you.
    Не сакаше ни да се обиде.
    Ne sakaše ni da se obide.
    He didn't even want to try.
  2. neither, either
    Ни јас не сакам да дојдам.
    Ni jas ne sakam da dojdam.
    I don't want to come either.

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

ни (ni)

  1. Short indirect object form of ние (nie).

Etymology 3Edit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ни (nin

  1. nu (Greek letter)

NivkhEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

ни (ni)

  1. I

Old Church SlavonicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *ni (nor, not), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nei, from Proto-Indo-European *nei.

ConjunctionEdit

ни (ni)

  1. not

Related termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Russian: ни (ni), не (ne)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: ни
    Latin: ni
  • Slovene: ni
  • Ukrainian: ні (ni)

RussianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [nʲɪ]
  • (file)
  • Homophone: не (ne) (when unstressed)

Etymology 1Edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic ни (ni), from Proto-Slavic *ni.

ConjunctionEdit

ни (ni)

  1. neither, nor
    ни он, ни она́ni on, ni onáneither he nor she
    ни ку́шает, ни спитni kúšajet, ni spitneither eats nor sleeps

ParticleEdit

ни (ni)

  1. not a
    ни оди́н из стаni odín iz stanot one in a hundred
  2. (between a personal pronoun and the verb in the affirmative) whatever, however
    что он ни ска́жетšto on ni skážetwhatever he says
    как бы он ни был бога́тkak by on ni byl bogáthowever rich he may be
  3. (before какой, кто, что) any, no
    ни в како́й кни́геni v kakój kníge(not) in any book, in no book
    ни на что не годи́тсяni na što ne godítsjait’s good for nothing

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Greek νι (ni).

NounEdit

ни (nin inan (indeclinable)

  1. nu (the modern Greek letter Ν/ν)
    Synonym: (ancient or modern Greek) ню (nju)

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *ni (nor, not), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nej, from Proto-Indo-European *ney. Compare ни-, не.

ParticleEdit

ни (Latin spelling ni)

  1. (emphasizes negation) even, either
    ни ја то не знамeven I don't know that; I don't know that either
    нисам хт(ј)ео ни да чујем за пр(иј)едлогI didn't even want to listen about the proposal

ConjunctionEdit

ни (Latin spelling ni)

  1. neither, nor
    она није ни паметна ни(ти) марљиваshe is neither smart nor industrious
    ни трага ни гласа о ..not a trace about ..
    ни крив ни дужанcompletely innocent