ний

See also: НИИ and -ний

Bulgarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [nij]

Pronoun

ний • (nij) (personal)

  1. (regional, nonstandard or poetic) Alternative form of ние (nie) (the first-person plural pronoun in the nominative case, used as the subject of a verb); we
    Ний сме по-високи от теб.
    Nij sme po-visoki ot teb.
    We are taller than you.

Usage notes

Ний and вий are used in the Eastern Bulgarian dialects and are not considered standard. They can also be found in poetry (see quotations) where the number of syllables is important and these pronouns are one syllable shorter than their corresponding standard forms.

Quotations
Bulgarian personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative
(subject)		 Accusative
(direct complement)		 Dative
(indirect complement)		 Prepositional
Full Short Full Short
SingularFirst— аз (az) мен (men)
ме́не (méne)		 ме (me) ме́не (méne) ми (mi) мен (men)
ме́не (méne)
SecondInformal 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)
ThirdMasculine 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)
PluralFirst— ни́е (níe)
ний (nij)		 нас (nas) ни (ni) нам (nam) ни (ni) нас (nas)
SecondInformal 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— те (te) тях (tjah) ги (gi) тям (tjam) им (im) тях (tjah)

Eastern Mari

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Mari, from Proto-Uralic *ńijne.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnij/

Noun

ний • (ńij)

  1. bast
    шӱштымӧ ний
    šüštymö ńij
    softened bast

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

References
  • V. M. Vasiljev, Z. V. Uchaev (2003) “ний”, in Марийско-Русский словарь, Yoshkar-Ola, →ISBN
  • J. Bradley et al. (2023) “ний”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna
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