ней
See also: нєй
Bulgarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nɛj]
Pronoun
ней • (nej) f (personal)
- (dated) full form of the third-person singular feminine pronoun in the dative case, used as the indirect object of a verb, translated as to her, for her, her, when the noun is animate, and as to it, for it, it, when the noun is inanimate
- Ней възложиха работата.
- Nej vǎzložiha rabotata.
- The job was assigned to her.
Usage notes
- The full dative form is considered outdated and is usually substituted by the preposition на (na) and the accusative form or the short form ѝ (ì):
- Възложиха работата на нея.
Възложиха ѝ работата.
- Vǎzložiha rabotata na neja. Vǎzložiha ì rabotata.
- The job was assigned to her.
Related terms
| nominative (subject) |
accusative (direct complement) |
dative (indirect complement) |
prepositional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| full | short | full | short | |||||
| singular | first person | аз (az) | мен (men) ме́не (méne) |
ме (me) | ме́не (méne) | ми (mi) | мен (men) ме́не (méne) | |
| second person |
informal | ти (ti) | теб (teb) те́бе (tébe) |
те (te) | те́бе (tébe) | ти (ti) | теб (teb) те́бе (tébe) | |
| formal | Ви́е (Víe) | Вас (Vas) | Ви (Vi) | Вам (Vam) | Ви (Vi) | Вас (Vas) | ||
| third person |
masculine | той (toj) | не́го (négo) | го (go) | не́му (nému) | му (mu) | не́го (négo) | |
| feminine | тя (tja) | не́я (néja) | я (ja) | ней (nej) | ѝ (ì) | не́я (néja) | ||
| neuter | то (to) | не́го (négo) | го (go) | не́му (nému) | му (mu) | не́го (négo) | ||
| plural | first person | ни́е (níe) ний (nij) |
нас (nas) | ни (ni) | нам (nam) | ни (ni) | нас (nas) | |
| second person |
informal | ви́е (víe) вий (vij) |
вас (vas) | ви (vi) | вам (vam) | ви (vi) | вас (vas) | |
| formal | Ви́е (Víe) | Вас (Vas) | Ви (Vi) | Вам (Vam) | Ви (Vi) | Вас (Vas) | ||
| third person | те (te) | тях (tjah) | ги (gi) | тям (tjam) | им (im) | тях (tjah) | ||
Erzya
Alternative forms
- нӓй (näj)
Etymology
From Proto-Mordvinic *ńej, inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic *nikɜ ~ *nükɜ (“present, current; at the moment, already”). Cognates include Finnish nyky-, nyt, Udmurt ни (ńi), Komi-Zyrian нин (ńin).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɲej/, /ɲæj/
Adverb
ней • (nej)
- now (at the present time)
- Ансяк ульнесь тундо, ней уш сась сёксь.
- Anśak ulneś tundo, nej uš saś śokś.
- It was only spring, and now it's already autumn.
Declension
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
References
- Heikki Paasonen; Kaino Heikkilä; Martti Kahla (1990-1996), H. Paasonens Mordwinisches Wörterbuch [Heikki Paasonen's Dialect Dictionary of the Mordvinian Languages][1], Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN
- B. A. Serebrennikov; R. N. Buzakova; M. V. Mosin (1993), “ней”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
- Entry #1427 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- “nüüd”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
Russian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nʲej]
Audio (Saint Petersburg): (file)
Pronoun
ней • (nej) (when used after a preposition)
- dative/instrumental/prepositional of она́ (oná)