nef

See also: nèf and nêf

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /nɛf/

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from French nef.

NounEdit

nef (plural nefs)

1. An extravagant table ornament and container used in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, made in the shape of a ship.

SynonymsEdit

• cadenas

See alsoEdit

• navicula

Etymology 2Edit

Short for numerically effective; introduced by Miles Reid.

AdjectiveEdit

nef (not comparable)

1. (algebraic geometry) Of a line bundle on a complete algebraic variety over a field: such that the degree of its restriction to every algebraic curve in the variety is non-negative.
   • 1983, Miles Reid, “Minimal Models of Canonical 3-Folds”, in Advanced Studies in Pure Mathematics, volume 1, page 131:

     […] this condition is the numerical consequence of the condition that for some $m>0$, the linear system $|mD|$ is effective and free; thus nef = "numerically (effective and free)".

Derived termsEdit

• nefness

AnagramsEdit

• fen

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle French nef, from Old French nef, from Latin nāvis, nāvem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us. Displaced by bateau and navire in the sense of "boat".

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /nɛf/

NounEdit

nef f (plural nefs)

1. (obsolete or poetic) barque, boat
2. nave

Related termsEdit

• nacelle
• naval
• navire

See alsoEdit

• barque
• vaisseau

Further readingEdit

• “nef” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse nef, from Proto-Germanic *nabją.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /nɛːv/
• Rhymes: -ɛːv

NounEdit

nef n (genitive singular nefs, nominative plural nef)

1. nose
2. beak

DeclensionEdit

declension of nef

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nef	nefið	nef	nefin
accusative	nef	nefið	nef	nefin
dative	nefi	nefinu	nefjum	nefjunum
genitive	nefs	nefsins	nefja	nefjanna

Derived termsEdit

• taka í nefið (to take snuff)
• fitja upp á nefið (to turn up one's nose)
• með nefið ofan í hvers manns koppi (nosy)
• stökkva upp á nef sér (to flare up, to get angry)
• neflaus
• hafa bein í nefinu

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Mauritian CreoleEdit

Mauritian Creole cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : nef     Ordinal : neviem

EtymologyEdit

From French neuf.

NumeralEdit

nef

1. (cardinal) nine

AdjectiveEdit

nef

1. new

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Middle FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French nef, from Latin nāvis, nāvem.

NounEdit

nef f (plural nefs or nefz)

1. boat; ship; watercraft

DescendantsEdit

• French: nef (obsolete or poetic)

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Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin nāvis, nāvem.

NounEdit

nef f (oblique plural nés, nominative singular nef, nominative plural nés)

1. boat; ship; watercraft

Related termsEdit

• nacele

DescendantsEdit

• Middle French: nef
  • French: nef (obsolete or poetic)

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Old NorseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *nabją.

NounEdit

nef n (genitive nefs, plural nef)

1. nose
2. beak

DeclensionEdit

  Declension of nef (strong ja-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nef	nefit	nef	nefin
accusative	nef	nefit	nef	nefin
dative	nefi	nefinu	nefjum	nefjunum
genitive	nefs	nefsins	nefja	nefjanna

DescendantsEdit

• Danish: næb
• Faroese: nev
• Icelandic: nef

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VolapükEdit

NounEdit

nef (plural nefs)

1. nephew
2. niece

DeclensionEdit

declension of nef

	singular	plural
nominative	nef	nefs
genitive	nefa	nefas
dative	nefe	nefes
accusative	nefi	nefis
vocative 1	o nef!	o nefs!
predicative 2	nefu	nefus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in some later, non-classical Volapük only

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WelshEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Welsh nef, from Old Welsh nem, from Proto-Brythonic *neβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *nemos, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”).

NounEdit

nef f (plural nefoedd)

1. heaven

SynonymsEdit

• nen