ningit

== Latin == === Alternative forms === ninguit === Etymology === Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sneygʷʰ- (“to snow”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɪŋ.ɡɪt] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnin̠ʲ.d͡ʒit] === Verb === ningit (present infinitive ningere, perfect active nīnxit); third conjugation, impersonal, no passive, no supine stem to snow Synonym: (Old Latin) nivit ==== Conjugation ==== NB: plural and passive forms are attested in poetry. ==== Related terms ==== nix nivit ==== Descendants ==== Romanian: ninge Central Italian: nigne (Maceratese), nengue (Umbrian) === References === “ningit”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ningit”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “ningit”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.