niger

See also: Niger and Níger

English
niger, Guizotia abyssinica

Etymology

From the name of the Niger River, from Latin Nigris. See further etymology at Niger.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnaɪd͡ʒə(ɹ)/

Noun

niger (uncountable)

  1. An Ethiopian herb, Guizotia abyssinica, grown for its seed and edible oil.
    Synonyms: noog, noug, nug

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Latin

Etymology

Uncertain origin,[1] but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (“bare, naked”) if this root is assumed also to be the source of *nókʷts (“night”) (Latin nox), thus “black” would attest the intermediate meaning between “bare” and “night”.[2] Possibly cognate with Umbrian niru (“(possibly) dark, black”),[3] though this form (thought to be accusative singular) is not mentioned in de Vaan.

Pronunciation

Adjective

niger (feminine nigra, neuter nigrum, superlative nigerrimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. wan, shining black (as opposed to āter, dull black)
    Nigrum in candida vertere.
    To turn black into white.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:niger.
  2. bad; evil; ill-omened

Usage notes

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative niger nigra nigrum nigrī nigrae nigra
Genitive nigrī nigrae nigrī nigrōrum nigrārum nigrōrum
Dative nigrō nigrō nigrīs
Accusative nigrum nigram nigrum nigrōs nigrās nigra
Ablative nigrō nigrā nigrō nigrīs
Vocative niger nigra nigrum nigrī nigrae nigra

Synonyms

Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “shining white”): candidus

Derived terms

Descendants

See also
Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)      glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)      niger, āter, piceus, furvus
             ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius              rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)              flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
             galbus, galbinus, lūridus              viridis              prasinus
             cȳaneus              caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)              glaucus; līvidus; venetus
             violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)              ostrīnus, amethystīnus              purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. Watkins, Calvert (2000) The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, ‬2nd edition, Houghton Mifflin Co.‬
  3. ‪Planta, Robert (2011) Grammatik der Oskisch-Umbrischen Dialekts (in German)‬

Further reading
  • “niger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “niger”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • niger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “niger”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “niger”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English nigger.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nîɡer/
  • Hyphenation: ni‧ger

Noun

nȉger m (Cyrillic spelling ни̏гер)

  1. (slang, derogatory) nigger
    Synonym: cr̀nac

Declension
Declension of niger
singular plural
nominative niger nigeri
genitive nigera nigera
dative nigeru nigerima
accusative niger nigere
vocative nigere nigeri
locative nigeru nigerima
instrumental nigerem nigerima

References
  • “niger” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Verb

niger

  1. present of niga

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