niz

See also: niż and niz-

Masurian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɲis]
• Syllabification: niż

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish niż. By surface analysis, univerbation of ni +‎ z(e).

Conjunction

niz

1. used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison; than
2. before

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nizъ.

Noun

niz m inan

1. (in set phrases) depression, low (area lower than others)f

Further reading

• Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2021) “niż”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur‎^[1], volume 4, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 340

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hnitu, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱ(o)nid-.

Noun

niz f

1. nit

Descendants

• German: Nisse

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈɲis/

Noun

niz m animacy unattested

1. Middle Polish form of niż (“low, depression”)

Declension

Attested forms of niz

	singular	plural
nominative	niz	—
genitive	—	—
dative	—	—
accusative	niz	—
instrumental	—	—
locative	nizie	—
vocative	—	—

References

• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “niz”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Aleksandra Wieczorek (02.12.2021) “NIZ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

Romansch

Etymology

Borrowed from German or Alemannic German, from a word derived from or related to Proto-Germanic *nutjō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nits]

Noun

niz m

1. use

San Juan Guelavía Zapotec

Etymology

Cognate with Zoogocho Zapotec yez.

Noun

niz

1. corncob

References

• López Antonio, Joaquín, Jones, Ted, Jones, Kris (2012) Vocabulario breve del Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía‎^[2] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Tlalpan, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 16

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nizъ, from Proto-Indo-European *nei-ǵʰ-? (Derksen) or *ni- (“down”).

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /nîːz/
• (preposition) IPA^(key): /nîz/

Preposition

nȉz (Cyrillic spelling ни̏з) (+ accusative case)

1. down, along (in a constant direction with or opposite another; = dȕž, ȕzdūž, pȍkraj)

   niz obalu ― down/along the shore

   niz ulicu ― down the street

   sići/silaziti niz stepenice ― to go downstairs

   ići niz vodu ― to go downstream

Noun

nȋz m (Cyrillic spelling ни̑з)

1. array, sequence, series
2. row
3. string
4. large number of, host of, a number of (+ genitive case)
5. (mathematics) series, progression

Declension

Declension of niz

	singular	plural
nominative	nȋz	nízovi
genitive	niza	nizova
dative	nizu	nizovima
accusative	niz	nizove
vocative	nize	nizovi
locative	nizu	nizovima
instrumental	nizom	nizovima

Yola

Noun

niz

1. Alternative form of nize
   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 100:

     Ingsaury neileare (pidh?) his niz outh o' harr.

     J——N—— put his nose out of socket.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 59