"nieve" meaning in Scots

See nieve in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [niːv], [nɛv], [nɪv] Forms: nieves [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse hnefi, nefi, of unknown origin. Etymology templates: {{bor|sco|non|hnefi}} Old Norse hnefi Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|nieves|||||cat2=|cat3=|head=}} nieve (plural nieves), {{sco-noun}} nieve (plural nieves)
  1. fist
    Sense id: en-nieve-sco-noun-kfSVmKw6
  2. handful, fistful
    Sense id: en-nieve-sco-noun-mwX08tL7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nievefu (english: handful, fistful), nievie-nievie knick-knack (english: a guessing game where an object is hidden in the clenched fist), rowe the nieve (english: clench the fist), steekit nieves (english: clenched fists) Related terms: nievel (english: a sharp blow with the fist; to punch, pummel, batter; to grip, squeeze or pinch with the fingers)

Verb

IPA: [niːv], [nɛv], [nɪv] Forms: nieves [present, singular, third-person], nievin [participle, present], nievit [past], nievit [participle, past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse hnefi, nefi, of unknown origin. Etymology templates: {{bor|sco|non|hnefi}} Old Norse hnefi Head templates: {{head|sco|verbs|third-person singular simple present|nieves|present participle|nievin|simple past|nievit|past participle|nievit|head=}} nieve (third-person singular simple present nieves, present participle nievin, simple past nievit, past participle nievit), {{sco-verb|nieves|nievin|nievit|nievit}} nieve (third-person singular simple present nieves, present participle nievin, simple past nievit, past participle nievit)
  1. to open and close the hand spasmodically
    Sense id: en-nieve-sco-verb-dgg6ZMXA
  2. to catch in the hand (of fish) Categories (topical): Fishing
    Sense id: en-nieve-sco-verb-yO39YG1P Disambiguation of Fishing: 14 3 18 65 Categories (other): Pages with entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 14 13 1 0 6 17 0 8 18 2 Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 4 2 23 71

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "handful, fistful",
      "word": "nievefu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a guessing game where an object is hidden in the clenched fist",
      "word": "nievie-nievie knick-knack"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "clench the fist",
      "word": "rowe the nieve"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "clenched fists",
      "word": "steekit nieves"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "hnefi"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse hnefi",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old Norse hnefi, nefi, of unknown origin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nieves",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "10": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "nieves",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "nieve (plural nieves)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "nieve (plural nieves)",
      "name": "sco-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scots",
  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a sharp blow with the fist; to punch, pummel, batter; to grip, squeeze or pinch with the fingers",
      "word": "nievel"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fist"
      ],
      "id": "en-nieve-sco-noun-kfSVmKw6",
      "links": [
        [
          "fist",
          "fist"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "handful, fistful"
      ],
      "id": "en-nieve-sco-noun-mwX08tL7",
      "links": [
        [
          "handful",
          "handful"
        ],
        [
          "fistful",
          "fistful"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[niːv]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɛv]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɪv]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nieve"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "hnefi"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse hnefi",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old Norse hnefi, nefi, of unknown origin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nieves",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nievin",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nievit",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nievit",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "10": "nievit",
        "2": "verbs",
        "3": "third-person singular simple present",
        "4": "nieves",
        "5": "present participle",
        "6": "nievin",
        "7": "simple past",
        "8": "nievit",
        "9": "past participle",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "nieve (third-person singular simple present nieves, present participle nievin, simple past nievit, past participle nievit)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nieves",
        "2": "nievin",
        "3": "nievit",
        "4": "nievit"
      },
      "expansion": "nieve (third-person singular simple present nieves, present participle nievin, simple past nievit, past participle nievit)",
      "name": "sco-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scots",
  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to open and close the hand spasmodically"
      ],
      "id": "en-nieve-sco-verb-dgg6ZMXA",
      "links": [
        [
          "open",
          "open"
        ],
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 14 13 1 0 6 17 0 8 18 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 2 23 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 3 18 65",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sco",
          "name": "Fishing",
          "orig": "sco:Fishing",
          "parents": [
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to catch in the hand (of fish)"
      ],
      "id": "en-nieve-sco-verb-yO39YG1P",
      "links": [
        [
          "catch",
          "catch"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[niːv]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɛv]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɪv]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nieve"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
    "Scots lemmas",
    "Scots nouns",
    "Scots terms borrowed from Old Norse",
    "Scots terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Scots verbs",
    "es:Weather",
    "sco:Fishing"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "handful, fistful",
      "word": "nievefu"
    },
    {
      "english": "a guessing game where an object is hidden in the clenched fist",
      "word": "nievie-nievie knick-knack"
    },
    {
      "english": "clench the fist",
      "word": "rowe the nieve"
    },
    {
      "english": "clenched fists",
      "word": "steekit nieves"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "hnefi"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse hnefi",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old Norse hnefi, nefi, of unknown origin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nieves",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "10": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "nieves",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "nieve (plural nieves)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "nieve (plural nieves)",
      "name": "sco-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scots",
  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "a sharp blow with the fist; to punch, pummel, batter; to grip, squeeze or pinch with the fingers",
      "word": "nievel"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fist"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fist",
          "fist"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "handful, fistful"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "handful",
          "handful"
        ],
        [
          "fistful",
          "fistful"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[niːv]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɛv]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɪv]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nieve"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
    "Scots lemmas",
    "Scots nouns",
    "Scots terms borrowed from Old Norse",
    "Scots terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Scots verbs",
    "es:Weather",
    "sco:Fishing"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "hnefi"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse hnefi",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old Norse hnefi, nefi, of unknown origin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nieves",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nievin",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nievit",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nievit",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "10": "nievit",
        "2": "verbs",
        "3": "third-person singular simple present",
        "4": "nieves",
        "5": "present participle",
        "6": "nievin",
        "7": "simple past",
        "8": "nievit",
        "9": "past participle",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "nieve (third-person singular simple present nieves, present participle nievin, simple past nievit, past participle nievit)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nieves",
        "2": "nievin",
        "3": "nievit",
        "4": "nievit"
      },
      "expansion": "nieve (third-person singular simple present nieves, present participle nievin, simple past nievit, past participle nievit)",
      "name": "sco-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scots",
  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to open and close the hand spasmodically"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "open",
          "open"
        ],
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to catch in the hand (of fish)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "catch",
          "catch"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[niːv]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɛv]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɪv]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nieve"
}

Download raw JSONL data for nieve meaning in Scots (3.1kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Scots dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (c15a5ce and 5c11237). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.