"ni" meaning in Latin

See ni in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /niː/ [Classical], [niː] [Classical], /ni/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [niː] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: nī [canonical]
Etymology: From Old Latin nei, from Proto-Italic *nei, from Proto-Indo-European *néy (“not”), from *ne. Cognates include Gothic 𐌽𐌴𐌹 (nei), Lithuanian nei, Old Church Slavonic ни (ni), Old Irish ní and Sanskrit न (ná). See also nē. Etymology templates: {{der|la|itc-ola|nei}} Old Latin nei, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*néy||not}} Proto-Indo-European *néy (“not”), {{m|ine-pro|*ne}} *ne, {{cog|got|𐌽𐌴𐌹}} Gothic 𐌽𐌴𐌹 (nei), {{cog|lt|nei}} Lithuanian nei, {{cog|cu|ни}} Old Church Slavonic ни (ni), {{cog|sga|ní}} Old Irish ní, {{cog|sa|न||tr=ná}} Sanskrit न (ná), {{m|la|ne|nē}} nē Head templates: {{la-adv|nī|-}} nī (not comparable)
  1. not, if...not, unless- an absolutely negative particle like ne so only in combinations Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: quid nī? (english: why not?), nīmīrum (english: not wonderful), nisi
    Sense id: en-ni-la-adv-ry4LiOjq Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of Latin links with redundant target parameters: 84 16

Conjunction

IPA: /niː/ [Classical], [niː] [Classical], /ni/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [niː] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: nī [canonical]
Etymology: From Old Latin nei, from Proto-Italic *nei, from Proto-Indo-European *néy (“not”), from *ne. Cognates include Gothic 𐌽𐌴𐌹 (nei), Lithuanian nei, Old Church Slavonic ни (ni), Old Irish ní and Sanskrit न (ná). See also nē. Etymology templates: {{der|la|itc-ola|nei}} Old Latin nei, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*néy||not}} Proto-Indo-European *néy (“not”), {{m|ine-pro|*ne}} *ne, {{cog|got|𐌽𐌴𐌹}} Gothic 𐌽𐌴𐌹 (nei), {{cog|lt|nei}} Lithuanian nei, {{cog|cu|ни}} Old Church Slavonic ни (ni), {{cog|sga|ní}} Old Irish ní, {{cog|sa|न||tr=ná}} Sanskrit न (ná), {{m|la|ne|nē}} nē Head templates: {{head|la|conjunctions|head=nī}} nī
  1. not, that not, unless; like ne in imperative and intentional clauses
    Sense id: en-ni-la-conj-YZZdQgwt

Download JSON data for ni meaning in Latin (4.4kB)

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        "4": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌽𐌴𐌹 (nei)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
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      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian nei",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "ни"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic ни (ni)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ní"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish ní",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "न",
        "3": "",
        "tr": "ná"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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          "name": "Latin links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "why not?",
          "word": "quid nī?"
        },
        {
          "english": "not wonderful",
          "word": "nīmīrum"
        },
        {
          "word": "nisi"
        }
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        "not, if...not, unless- an absolutely negative particle like ne so only in combinations"
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        [
          "unless",
          "unless"
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        [
          "ne",
          "ne#Latin"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ni/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[niː]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}

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      },
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    },
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        "4": "",
        "5": "not"
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      },
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "2": "nei"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "ни"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic ни (ni)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ní"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish ní",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "न",
        "3": "",
        "tr": "ná"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "2": "ne",
        "3": "nē"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    }
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      "tags": [
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    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Ni quid tibi hinc in spem referas.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Vinum aliudve quid ni laudato.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Numa ordained scaleless fish not to be served nor bought for serving.",
          "text": "Numa constituit, ut pisces, qui squamosi non essent, ni pollucerent ... ni qui ad polluctum emerent.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "not, that not, unless; like ne in imperative and intentional clauses"
      ],
      "id": "en-ni-la-conj-YZZdQgwt",
      "links": [
        [
          "not",
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        ],
        [
          "unless",
          "unless"
        ],
        [
          "ne",
          "ne#Latin"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[niː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ni/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[niː]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ni"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 1-syllable words",
    "Latin adverbs",
    "Latin conjunctions",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin links with redundant target parameters",
    "Latin terms derived from Old Latin",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin uncomparable adverbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "why not?",
      "word": "quid nī?"
    },
    {
      "english": "not wonderful",
      "word": "nīmīrum"
    },
    {
      "word": "nisi"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "2": "itc-ola",
        "3": "nei"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*néy",
        "4": "",
        "5": "not"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *néy (“not”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "*ne"
      },
      "expansion": "*ne",
      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌽𐌴𐌹"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌽𐌴𐌹 (nei)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "nei"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian nei",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "ни"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic ни (ni)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ní"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish ní",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "न",
        "3": "",
        "tr": "ná"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit न (ná)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ne",
        "3": "nē"
      },
      "expansion": "nē",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Latin nei, from Proto-Italic *nei, from Proto-Indo-European *néy (“not”), from *ne. Cognates include Gothic 𐌽𐌴𐌹 (nei), Lithuanian nei, Old Church Slavonic ни (ni), Old Irish ní and Sanskrit न (ná). See also nē.",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "la-adv"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "not, if...not, unless- an absolutely negative particle like ne so only in combinations"
      ],
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        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ],
        [
          "if",
          "if"
        ],
        [
          "unless",
          "unless"
        ],
        [
          "ne",
          "ne#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/niː/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[niː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ni/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[niː]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ni"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Latin 1-syllable words",
    "Latin adverbs",
    "Latin conjunctions",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin links with redundant target parameters",
    "Latin terms derived from Old Latin",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin uncomparable adverbs"
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      "name": "der"
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    {
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        "4": "",
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        "2": "𐌽𐌴𐌹"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "nei"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "ни"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ní"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish ní",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "न",
        "3": "",
        "tr": "ná"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit न (ná)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ne",
        "3": "nē"
      },
      "expansion": "nē",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Latin nei, from Proto-Italic *nei, from Proto-Indo-European *néy (“not”), from *ne. Cognates include Gothic 𐌽𐌴𐌹 (nei), Lithuanian nei, Old Church Slavonic ни (ni), Old Irish ní and Sanskrit न (ná). See also nē.",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "canonical"
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    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "conjunctions",
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      "expansion": "nī",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for translations of Latin usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Ni quid tibi hinc in spem referas.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Vinum aliudve quid ni laudato.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Numa ordained scaleless fish not to be served nor bought for serving.",
          "text": "Numa constituit, ut pisces, qui squamosi non essent, ni pollucerent ... ni qui ad polluctum emerent.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "not, that not, unless; like ne in imperative and intentional clauses"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ],
        [
          "unless",
          "unless"
        ],
        [
          "ne",
          "ne#Latin"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/niː/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[niː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ni/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[niː]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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  "word": "ni"
}

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