nisi

See also: nìsǐ, nisɨ, and Nísī

English

Noun

nisi (uncountable)

1. (attributive) decree nisi

   The law in Massachusetts mandates a nisi period before divorce by decree nisi.

See also

• nisi prius
• rule nisi

 

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niˈsi/
• Rhymes: -si
• Hyphenation: ni‧sí

Noun

nisi f (plural nisi, definite nisia, definite plural nisitë) (geography)

1. (Arvanitika, archaic) island

   Synonyms: ishull, ujdhesë, ansujë

2. (masculine) islander

   Synonyms: ishullar, ujdhesar

Declension

Declension of nisi

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	nisi	nisi	nisia	nisitë
accusative			nisinë
dative	nisieje	nisive	nisisë	nisive
ablative		nisish

Further reading

• “nisi”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “nisi”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “cangël”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 325

Latin

Etymology 1

From nī (“not”) +‎ sī (“if”). See also sine.

Alternative forms

• (archaic) nisei
• (archaic) nise

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈni.si/, [ˈnɪs̠ɪ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈni.si/, [ˈniːs̬i]

Conjunction

nisi

1. if not, unless, except

   Synonyms: praeter, praeterquam

   • Nil nisi bonum (de mortuis dicere).

     (Of the dead say) nothing but good.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈniː.siː/, [ˈniːs̠iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈni.si/, [ˈniːs̬i]

Participle

nīsī

1. inflection of nīsus:
   1. masculine/neuter genitive singular
   2. masculine nominative/vocative plural

References

• “nisi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nisi”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nisi in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• nisi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) if I am not mistaken: nisi fallor
    
  • (ambiguous) if I am not mistaken: nisi (animus) me fallit
    
  • (ambiguous) unless I'm greatly mistaken: nisi omnia me fallunt
    
  • (ambiguous) to except the fact that..: praeterquam quod or nisi quod
    

Maltese

Root
n-s-j
11 terms

Etymology

From Arabic نَسْي (nasy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɪ.sɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɪsɪ

Noun

nisi m

1. verbal noun of nesa: forgetting

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nìːsi/

Verb

nísi

1. negative second-person singular present of bíti

Tauya

Noun

nisi

1. egg

   yene nisi : bird egg

References

• Lorna MacDonald, A Grammar of Tauya