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Webster 1913 Edition


Nys

Nys

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Is not. See
Nis
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Chaucer. Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition


Nys

NYS

, [ne and is.] None is; is not.

Definition 2024


nys

nys

See also: NYS, nýs, and nys'

Danish

Adverb

nys

  1. recently, just now

Etymology 2

Verbal noun to nyse (to sneeze), from Old Norse hnjósa.

Noun

nys n (singular definite nyset, plural indefinite nys)

  1. sneeze
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Inflection

Verb

nys

  1. imperative of nyse

Etymology 3

From Old Norse njósn, nýsa.

Noun

nys

  1. få nys om: get wind of

Etymology 4

From kys (kiss).

Noun

nys n

  1. (childish) kiss

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ny:s/, [nyʷ:s]

Noun

nys n (definite singular nyset, indefinite plural nys, definite plural nysa or nysene)

  1. sneeze

Verb

  1. imperative of nyse

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

nys n (definite singular nyset, indefinite plural nys, definite plural nysa)

  1. sneeze

Verb

  1. imperative of nyse
  2. present tense of nyse

Swedish

Verb

nys

  1. imperative of nysa.