neje

== Danish == === Etymology === From Old Danish nighæ, from Old Norse hneigja, from Proto-Germanic *hnaigijaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /najə/, [ˈnɑjə] === Verb === neje (imperative nej, infinitive at neje, present tense nejer, past tense nejede, perfect tense nejet) curtsey (to make a curtsey) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== See also ==== bukke knikse === References === “neje” in Den Danske Ordbog “neje” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == Hungarian == === Etymology === Lexicalization of an earlier nej-, neɣ- stem of nő (“woman; [archaic] wife”) +‎ -e (possessive suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈnɛjɛ] Hyphenation: ne‧je === Noun === neje third-person singular single-possession possessive of nő, one’s wife (already incorporating the possessive suffix) Synonym: feleség ==== Usage notes ==== For the possessive of nő in the sense “woman; female partner or lover, mistress”, see nője. If the incorporated possessive suffix is not required, feleség may be used instead. The term nő in the sense “wife” is archaic, while the form nej may be disputed. (For a similar case, see vej.) ==== Declension ==== For the plural form (“someone’s wives”), see nejei. === Further reading === neje in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. The second sense of (2): nő in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.