niś

See also: nis, Nis, NIS, -nis, niš, Niš, ñiś, and -niß

Lower Sorbian

niś

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nitь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nī́ˀtis, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nʲiɕ]

Noun

niś f inan (diminutive nitka)

1. thread (long, thin and flexible form of material)

Declension

Declension of niś

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	niś	niśi	niśi
Genitive	niśi	niśowu	niśow
Dative	niśi	niśoma	niśam
Accusative	niś	niśi	niśi
Instrumental	niśu	niśoma	niśami
Locative	niśi	niśoma	niśach

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “niś”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “niś”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag