"nej" meaning in Swedish

See nej in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /nɛj/, /naj/ (note: Scania) Audio: Sv-nej.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛj, (Scania) -aj Etymology: From Old Swedish næi, from Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle). Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|næi}} Old Swedish næi, {{inh|sv|non|nei}} Old Norse nei, {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*nai||never}} Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), {{m|gem-pro|*nē||not}} *nē (“not”), {{inh|sv|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|sv|adverb|head=|sort=}} nej, {{sv-adv|-}} nej (not comparable)
  1. no; a negative answer Tags: not-comparable Related terms: nja
    Sense id: en-nej-sv-adv-z7PN3QGo Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 48 52

Noun

IPA: /nɛj/, /naj/ (note: Scania) Audio: Sv-nej.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛj, (Scania) -aj Etymology: From Old Swedish næi, from Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle). Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|næi}} Old Swedish næi, {{inh|sv|non|nei}} Old Norse nei, {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*nai||never}} Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), {{m|gem-pro|*nē||not}} *nē (“not”), {{inh|sv|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|sv|nouns||g=n|g2=|head=|sort=}} nej n, {{sv-noun|n}} nej n Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-n-zero}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], nej [indefinite, nominative, singular], nejet [definite, nominative, singular], nej [indefinite, nominative, plural], nejen [definite, nominative, plural], nejs [genitive, indefinite, singular], nejets [definite, genitive, singular], nejs [genitive, indefinite, plural], nejens [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. a no, a nay; a negative answer or vote Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-nej-sv-noun-fhithr-P Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 48 52

Inflected forms

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    },
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*nē",
        "3": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "*nē (“not”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
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        "3": "*ne"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ne",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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      },
      "expansion": "*nē",
      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
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      },
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    }
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        {
          "english": "No, I have no money with me.",
          "text": "Nej, jag har inga pengar med mig.",
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        }
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        {
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        }
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/nɛj/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/naj/",
      "note": "Scania"
    },
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    },
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      "rhymes": "(Scania) -aj"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "sv-infl-noun-n-zero",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "nej",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "note": "Scania"
    },
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    "Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
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    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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        }
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    },
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      "ipa": "/naj/",
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      "form": "sv-infl-noun-n-zero",
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      "form": "nej",
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    {
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    {
      "form": "nejets",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nejs",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "nejens",
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        "plural"
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        "a no, a nay; a negative answer or vote"
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    },
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  "wikipedia": [
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}

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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.