niht – Old English noun declension

Noun: niht
Gender: f

Nominative

Singular	niht
Plural	niht

Genitive

Singular	niht; nihtes
Plural	nihta

Dative

Singular	niht; nihte
Plural	nihtum

Accusative

Singular	niht
Plural	niht

Sample Sentences

On niht biþ sēo ēa ġīet wlitiġre þonne on dæġ. (The river is even more beautiful at night than in the daytime.)
late 10th century, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year
Sēo niht hæfþ seofon dǣlas fram þǣre sunnan setlunge oþ hire upgang. (The night has seven phases from sunset to sunrise.)
Wonders of the East
Þǣr syndan .II. sēaðas, ōðer sunnan ⁊ ōðer mōnan. Sē ðe sunnan is sē byð dæġes hāt ⁊ nihtes ċeald, ⁊ sē ðe mōnan is sē bið neahtes hāt ⁊ dæġes cald. (There are two lakes there, one of the sun and the other of the moon. The one of the sun is hot during the day and cold at night, and the one of the moon is hot at night and cold during the day.)
for tīen nihtum (ten days ago)

Nouns inflected like niht

niht,

Etymology

1. From Proto-West Germanic *nahti, inflected form of *naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts; the alternative forms næht, neaht directly continue Proto-West Germanic *naht.
2. Cognate with Old Frisian nacht, Old Saxon naht, Old High German naht, Old Norse nátt, Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (nahts); also with Ancient Greek νύξ (núx), Latin nox, Russian ночь (nočʹ). See: Old Norse Nouns 'nátt', Gothic Nouns '𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃', Ancient Greek Nouns 'νύξ', Latin Nouns 'nox', Russian Nouns 'ночь'.

Verbs referencing "niht"

English Nouns night, English Nouns nocturnal, Latin Nouns nox, Ancient Greek Nouns νύξ, Middle English Nouns nyght.