ní — meaning in English

English meaning

• not adv A word used to make a statement, verb, or phrase negative.
• thing noun Any object, item, or entity that isn't named more specifically.
• washing noun The act of cleaning something with water.
• which det Used to ask someone to specify one or more people or things from a known set.

Senses

ní is used for these senses in English:

• isn't (negative auxiliary)
• not Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
• thing That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
• washing (countable) The action of the verb to wash
• which (mostly, archaic) Used of people (now generally who, whom, that; which remains possible with words also referred to by it such as baby, child).

not — full definition

1. adv A word used to make a statement, verb, or phrase negative.
2. adv Used after a statement, often ironically, to reverse its apparent meaning as a joke.

thing — full definition

1. noun Any object, item, or entity that isn't named more specifically.
2. noun A matter, situation, or topic under discussion.
3. noun An action, fact, or event.

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