midniht in Old English

IPA: /ˈmidˌnixt/, [ˈmidˌniçt] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *midjanahts. Etymology templates: {{der|ang|gem-pro|*midjanahts}} Proto-Germanic *midjanahts Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|sort=}} midniht f, {{ang-noun|f}} midniht f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun|midniht|midda niht, midde niht|midde niht|midda niht, midde niht|midre niht|midra nihta|midre niht|middum nihtum|type=strong consonant stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], midniht [nominative, singular], midda niht [nominative, plural], midde niht [nominative, plural], midde niht [accusative, singular], midda niht [accusative, plural], midde niht [accusative, plural], midre niht [genitive, singular], midra nihta [genitive, plural], midre niht [dative, singular], middum nihtum [dative, plural], middeniht [alternative], middeneaht [alternative], midderneaht [alternative], middelniht [alternative]

Alternative forms

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      "form": "midderneaht",
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      "ipa": "/ˈmidˌnixt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmidˌniçt]"
    }
  ],
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}

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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "middum nihtum",
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      "ipa": "/ˈmidˌnixt/"
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      "ipa": "[ˈmidˌniçt]"
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"midniht" meaning in Old English

Noun

Alternative forms