Noun: nia
Gender: Masc
Forms without Article
| Singular Nominative | nia |
| Singular Genitive | nia |
| Plural Nominative | nianna |
| Plural Genitive | nianna |
Forms with Article
| Singular Nominative | an nia |
| Singular Genitive | an nia |
| Plural Nominative | na nianna |
| Plural Genitive | na nianna |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like nia
aerchriú,
ae,
athchló,
bainseó,
bia,
biúró,
bogha,
brú,
bua,
bungaló,
caimeo,
canú,
carria,
ceo,
cileavata,
cló,
cnó,
coinséartó,
criú,
curfá, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Irish nïa, from Primitive Irish ᚅᚔᚑᚈᚈᚐ (niotta, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *neɸūss (compare Welsh nai), from Proto-Indo-European *népōts. Cognates include Sanskrit नपात् (nápāt), Old Persian 𐎴𐎱𐎠 (n-p-a /napā/), Ancient Greek ἀνεψιός (anepsiós), Latin nepos, and Old English nefa. See: Ancient Greek Nouns '
ἀνεψιός', Latin Nouns '
nepos', Old English Nouns '
nefa'.
Verbs referencing "nia"
English Nouns
nephew.
Translations