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niger

See also: Niger and Níger

English edit

 
niger, Guizotia abyssinica

Etymology edit

From the name of the Niger River, from Latin Nigris. See further etymology at Niger.

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Noun edit

niger (uncountable)

  1. An Ethiopian herb, Guizotia abyssinica, grown for its seed and edible oil.
    Synonyms: noog, noug, nug

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Latin edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain origin,[1] but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (“bare, naked”) if this root is assumed also to be the source of *nókʷts (“night”) (Latin nox), thus “black” would attest the intermediate meaning between “bare” and “night”.[2] Cognate of Umbrian niru (accusative case) possibly "dark, black".[3]

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Adjective edit

niger (feminine nigra, neuter nigrum, superlative nigerrimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. wan, shining black (as opposed to āter, dull black)
    Nigrum in candida vertere.
    To turn black into white.
  2. bad; evil; ill-omened

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Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative niger nigra nigrum nigrī nigrae nigra
Genitive nigrī nigrae nigrī nigrōrum nigrārum nigrōrum
Dative nigrō nigrō nigrīs
Accusative nigrum nigram nigrum nigrōs nigrās nigra
Ablative nigrō nigrā nigrō nigrīs
Vocative niger nigra nigrum nigrī nigrae nigra

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Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     albus, candidus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)      rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)      niger, āter, piceus, furvus
             ruber, rūfus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius              rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)              flāvus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
             galbus, galbinus, lūridus              viridis              prasinus
             cȳaneus              caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), blāvus (LL.)              glaucus; līvidus; venetus
             violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)              ostrīnus, amethystīnus              purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

References edit

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Watkins, Calvert, ed., The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, 2nd ed., Houghton Mifflin Co., 2000.
  3. ^ Robert Planta 2011, Grammatik der Oskisch-Umbrischen Dialekts.

Further reading edit

  • “niger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “niger”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • niger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “niger”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “niger”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

From English nigger.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /nîɡer/
  • Hyphenation: ni‧ger

Noun edit

nȉger m (Cyrillic spelling ни̏гер)

  1. (slang, derogatory) nigger
    Synonym: cr̀nac

Declension edit

Declension of niger
singular plural
nominative niger nigeri
genitive nigera nigera
dative nigeru nigerima
accusative niger nigere
vocative nigere nigeri
locative nigeru nigerima
instrumental nigerem nigerima

References edit

  • “niger” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Verb edit

niger

  1. present of niga

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