nihil

== English == === Etymology === From Latin nihil, nil. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnɪ.hɪl/, /ˈniː(h)ɪl/, /ˈnaɪ(h)ɪl/, /-əl/ Rhymes: -aɪəl === Noun === nihil (countable and uncountable, plural nihils) (countable, law) A nihil dicit. (uncountable, chiefly philosophy) nothingness, nonbeing 1996, David Tibet, “The Starres Are Marching Sadly Home (Theinmostlightthirdandfinal)” (lyrics): I shall no longer believe all the visions of my youth:They have dissolved into nihil. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin nihil. === Pronunciation === === Pronoun === nihil nothing Synonyms: niks, niets, noppes, nada ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: nihil == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch nihil, from Latin nihil. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈnihil/ [ˈni.hɪl] Rhymes: -ihil Syllabification: ni‧hil === Adjective === nihil (comparative lebih nihil, superlative paling nihil) null empty ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “nihil”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Interlingua == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnihil/ === Pronoun === nihil (indefinite) The absence of anything; nothing. == Latin == === Alternative forms === nīl (syncopated) nichil (Late Latin) === Etymology === From nihilum, from ne- (“not”) +‎ hīlum (“the least bit”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈni.(ɦ)ɪɫ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈniː.kil] === Pronoun === nihil (indeclinable) (indefinite) nothing Nihil est. ― It's nothing/It doesn't matter. Nihil sub sōle novum. ― Nothing new under the sun (proverb). (with quicquam/quidquam, unum) nihil or nil + the enclitic particle -ne, nihilne or nilne — more emphatic in a negative sense, a stronger negative than nōn: nothing at all, not at all, none at all, not any Nīl·ne in mentem·st? ― Cannot you think of anything? ==== Usage notes ==== This pronoun can be used with a neuter nominative/accusative singular adjective (e.g. nihil bonum), or with the genitive singular of a second-declension neuter adjective (e.g. nihil bonī), but it is not used with the genitive singular of third-declension adjectives. In Latin, negation is expressed by a single negative word per clause (i.e., Latin does not have negative concord). If another negative word is present, such as nec (“nor, and not”) or numquam (“never”), the negative polarity pronoun quidquam / quicquam (“anything”) is used instead of nihil (“nothing”) unless the pronoun represents a second, logically distinct negation. ==== Declension ==== Indeclinable pronoun (used only in the nominative and accusative), singular only. The senses of the genitive, dative and ablative cases are usually rendered with forms of nūllus + rēs: genitive nūllīus reī f, dative nūllī reī f, ablative nūllā rē f. The genitive nihilī and the ablative nihilō, from nihilum, are generally not used as indefinite pronouns, but are instead reserved for idiomatic uses (nihilī being used adjectivally with the sense "worth nothing", and nihilō being used in adverbial phrases like dē nihilō (“for no reason, without cause”) and nihilō minus or nihilōminus (“notwithstanding, none the less”)). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== adnihilātiō adnihilātor ==== Descendants ==== → Portuguese: nicles === Adverb === nihil (not comparable) (not) at all, in nothing, in no respect (rare) to no purpose, in vain; for no reason, for nothing === References === “nihil”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “nihil”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "nihil", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “nihil”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Malay == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin nihil. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nihel/ Rhymes: -hel, -el === Numeral === nihil (Jawi spelling نيهيل) zero Synonyms: kosong, sifar, nol