Norwegian

Proper noun

Nes

1. A municipality in Akershus, Norway
2. A municipality in Buskerud, Norway
3. An earlier municipality in Hedmark, Norway. Now part of Ringsaker
4. An earlier municipality in Vest-Agder, Norway. Now part of Flekkefjord
5. An earlier municipality in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. Now part of Bjugn

Afrikaans

Adverb

nes

1. like; just like

   Nes jy, is ek klaar met skool.‎

   Just like you, I am done with school.

2. as soon as; just as something is about to do something

   Jy moet skiet nes hy omdraai.‎

   You must shoot as soon as he turns around.

Synonyms

• (as soon as): sodra

Etymology 2

Noun

nes ‎(plural neste, diminutive nessie)

1. nest, structure made out of twigs, mud, grass, etc.
2. nest; a group of animals or insects that live together within a nest
3. home or house, usually untidy or cluttered

Verb

nes ‎(present nes, present participle nestende, past participle genes)

1. to nest; to inhabit a nest

Albanian

Etymology

A compound ne-s, from *nō kwe. From Proto-Albanian *(e)nō ̊, from Proto-Indo-European *(h1)nē̆-, *(h1)nō̆- ‎(“after, behind, next to/after”). Cognate to Welsh neithiwr ‎(“last night”), Breton neizœr ‎(“id”), Ancient Greek ἔνη(ς) ‎(énē(s)), ἔνας ‎(énas, “the day after tomorrow”) and Gothic 𐌽𐌴𐍈 ‎(nēƕ, “after”).

Adverb

nes

1. after, next after

Derived terms

• nesër

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition en ‎(“in”) + feminine plural article les ‎(“the”).

Contraction

nes f pl ‎(masculine sg nel, feminine sg na, neuter sg no, masculine plural nos)

1. in the

Dutch

Noun

nes f ‎(plural nessen, diminutive nesje n)

1. headland, spit

Synonyms

• landtong
• nesse
• uitham

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse nes ‎(“headland”). Kindred words are Old English næs (English ness and naze); the Swedish näs,the German nase; the Latin nasus ‎(“a nose”) as the Icelandic nös ‎(“nose”).

Noun

nes n (genitive singular nes, plural nes)

1. a headland, a cape, a ness projecting to the sea or lake, a promontory
2. peninsula

Declension

See also

• oddi
• hálvoyggj

References

• Føroysk orðabók, 1998

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse nes ‎(“headland”). Kindred words are Old English næs (English ness and naze); the Swedish näs,the German nase; the Latin nasus ‎(“a nose”) as the Icelandic nös ‎(“the nostril”).

Noun

nes n ‎(genitive singular ness, nominative plural nes)

1. a headland, a cape, a ness projecting to the sea or lake, a promontory

See also

• oddi

References

• Ensk Vasaorðabók, Orðabókaútgáfan 1985

Latin

Verb

nēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of nō

Lithuanian

Etymology

From an older nesà or nėsà, which Ford interprets as ne- + *so; the latter element being from Proto-Indo-European *so ‎(“conjunctve particle”);^[1] compare Hittite 𒋗 ‎(šu-, “preterite conjunctive particle”), Old Irish se ‎(“conjunctive particle”), ultimately deriving most likely from the Proto-Indo-European demonstrative *só, *séh₂, *tód. See tas for more. The further parallel drawn by Ford with Hittite 𒈾𒀸𒋗 ‎(naššu, “or”) is neither supported nor ruled out by Kloekhorst.^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nʲɛs/

Conjunction

nès

1. (subordinating) because, since (expresses the reason for an action)

   Àš studijúoju, nès nóriu mókytis. - I study because I want to learn.

Synonyms

• kadangi

References

1. ↑ Gordon B Ford, Jr. (1965), 'A Note on Lithuanian "nes"', Die Sprache, volume 11 (1–2), pages 136–137.
2. ↑ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-16092-7, page 689

Old French

Noun

nes m ‎(oblique plural nes, nominative singular nes, nominative plural nes)

1. (anatomy) Alternative form of nés

Old Norse

Noun

nes n

1. headland

References

• nes in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) nas

Etymology

From Latin nāsus, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Noun

nes m

1. (anatomy, Puter) nose

Welsh

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• adjective: IPA^(key): /neːs/
• conjunction: IPA^(key): /nɛs/^[1]

Adjective

nes ‎(superlative nesaf)

1. nearer

Conjunction

nes

1. until

Synonyms

• oni, hyd oni

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neːs/

Alternative forms

• gnes
• gwnes
• gwneuthum (literary)

Verb

nes

1. (colloquial) first-person singular preterite of gwneud

References

1. ↑ J. Morris Jones, A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative (Oxford 1913), § 51 vi.