nisi
English edit
Noun edit
nisi (uncountable)
- (attributive) decree nisi
- The law in Massachusetts mandates a nisi period before divorce by decree nisi.
See also edit
Albanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nisi f (plural nisi, definite nisia, definite plural nisitë) (geography)
Declension edit
Declension of nisi
Further reading edit
- “nisi”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980
- “nisi”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “cangël”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 325
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
From nī (“not”) + sī (“if”). See also sine.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈni.si/, [ˈnɪs̠ɪ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈni.si/, [ˈniːs̬i]
Conjunction edit
nisi
- if not, unless, except
- Synonyms: praeter, praeterquam
- Nil nisi bonum (de mortuis dicere).
- (Of the dead say) nothing but good.
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈniː.siː/, [ˈniːs̠iː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈni.si/, [ˈniːs̬i]
Participle edit
nīsī
References edit
- “nisi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nisi”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nisi in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- nisi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) if I am not mistaken: nisi fallor
- (ambiguous) if I am not mistaken: nisi (animus) me fallit
- (ambiguous) unless I'm greatly mistaken: nisi omnia me fallunt
- (ambiguous) to except the fact that..: praeterquam quod or nisi quod
- (ambiguous) if I am not mistaken: nisi fallor
Maltese edit
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nisi m
Slovene edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
nísi
Tauya edit
Noun edit
nisi
- egg
- yene nisi : bird egg
References edit
- Lorna MacDonald, A Grammar of Tauya