"nei" meaning in Icelandic

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Interjection

IPA: /neiː/
Rhymes: -eiː Etymology: From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle). Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|nei}} Old Norse nei, {{inh|is|gem-pro|*nai|t=never}} Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), {{m|gem-pro|*nē|t=not}} *nē (“not”), {{inh|is|ine-pro|*ne}} Proto-Indo-European *ne, {{m|ine-pro|*nē}} *nē, {{m|ine-pro|*nēy|pos=negative particle}} *nēy (negative particle) Head templates: {{head|is|interjection}} nei
  1. no Synonyms: neibb [informal], nau, nauts (english: children's slang)
    Sense id: en-nei-is-intj-k5Apjz-w Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 65 34 1
  2. exclamation indicating being pleasantly surprised
    Sense id: en-nei-is-intj-AkSOZx9-

Noun

IPA: /neiː/ Forms: neis [genitive, singular], nei [nominative, plural]
Rhymes: -eiː Etymology: From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle). Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|nei}} Old Norse nei, {{inh|is|gem-pro|*nai|t=never}} Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), {{m|gem-pro|*nē|t=not}} *nē (“not”), {{inh|is|ine-pro|*ne}} Proto-Indo-European *ne, {{m|ine-pro|*nē}} *nē, {{m|ine-pro|*nēy|pos=negative particle}} *nēy (negative particle) Head templates: {{head|is|nouns|genitive singular|neis|||||||nominative plural|nei|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=}} nei n (genitive singular neis, nominative plural nei), {{is-noun|n|neis|nei}} nei n (genitive singular neis, nominative plural nei)
  1. a no Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-nei-is-noun-6qUm0HuJ

Download JSON data for nei meaning in Icelandic (3.5kB)

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