nej

• IPA^(key): /nɛj/, [najˀ]
• Rhymes: -ajˀ
• Rhymes: -aj

From Swedish nej, from Old Swedish næi, from Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).

nej

1. no
2. oh, oh no

nej n (singular definite nejet, plural indefinite nejer)

1. no

See neje (“to curtsey”).

nej

1. imperative of neje

Back-formation or rebracketing of the possessive form neje into nej + e instead of earlier ne + je (< nő + je).

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛj]

nej (plural nejek)^[1]

1. (proscribed) Synonym of feleség (“wife”).

Inflection of nej
	singular	plural
nominative	nej	nejek
accusative	nejt nejet	nejeket
dative	nejnek	nejeknek
instrumental	nejjel	nejekkel
causal-final	nejért	nejekért
translative	nejjé	nejekké
terminative	nejig	nejekig
essive-formal	nejként	nejekként
essive-modal	nejül	—
inessive	nejben	nejekben
superessive	nejen	nejeken
adessive	nejnél	nejeknél
illative	nejbe	nejekbe
sublative	nejre	nejekre
allative	nejhez	nejekhez
elative	nejből	nejekből
delative	nejről	nejekről
ablative	nejtől	nejektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	nejé	nejeké
non-attributive possessive - plural	nejéi	nejekéi

Possessive forms of nej
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	nejem	nejeim
2nd person sing.	nejed	nejeid
3rd person sing.	neje	nejei
1st person plural	nejünk	nejeink
2nd person plural	nejetek	nejeitek
3rd person plural	nejük	nejeik

From Arabic نَيِّئ (nayyiʔ).

• IPA^(key): /nɛj/

nej (feminine singular nejja, plural nejjin)

1. raw (uncooked)
2. unripe

• jej

• IPA^(key): [ɲej]

nej

1. genitive/dative/locative of ona

Used after prepositions.

From Old Swedish næi, from Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).

• IPA^(key): /nɛj/
• (Scania) IPA^(key): /naj/

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• Rhymes: -ɛj, (Scania) -aj

nej (not comparable)

1. no; a negative answer

   Nej, jag har inga pengar med mig.

   No, I have no money with me.

• ja, jo

• nja

nej n

1. a no, a nay; a negative answer or vote

• nej in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• nej in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• nej in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *mi̯əu (“you all”).

• IPA^(key): /ne˥˧/

nej

1. you (three or more: second person plural)
2. your (three or more: second person plural)

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 136.
• Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN.