niz

• IPA^(key): [ˈɲis]
• Syllabification: niż

Inherited from Old Polish niż. By surface analysis, univerbation of ni +‎ z(e).

niz

1. used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison; than
2. before

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nizъ.

niz m inan

1. (in set phrases) depression, low (area lower than others)f

• Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “niż”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur‎, volume 4, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 340

From Proto-West Germanic *hnitu, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱ(o)nid-.

niz f

1. nit

• German: Nisse

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈɲis/

niz m animacy unattested

1. Middle Polish form of niż (“low, depression”)

• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “niz”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Aleksandra Wieczorek (02.12.2021) “NIZ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

Borrowed from German or Alemannic German, from a word derived from or related to Proto-Germanic *nutjō.

• IPA^(key): [nits]

niz m

1. use

Cognate with Zoogocho Zapotec yez.

niz

1. corncob

• López Antonio, Joaquín, Jones, Ted, Jones, Kris (2012) Vocabulario breve del Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía‎ (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Tlalpan, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 16

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nizъ, from Proto-Indo-European *nei-ǵʰ-? (Derksen) or *ni- (“down”).

• (noun) IPA^(key): /nîːz/
• (preposition) IPA^(key): /nîz/

nȉz (Cyrillic spelling ни̏з) (+ accusative case)

1. down, along (in a constant direction with or opposite another; = dȕž, ȕzdūž, pȍkraj)

   niz obalu ― down/along the shore

   niz ulicu ― down the street

   sići/silaziti niz stepenice ― to go downstairs

   ići niz vodu ― to go downstream

nȋz m (Cyrillic spelling ни̑з)

1. array, sequence, series
2. row
3. string
4. large number of, host of, a number of (+ genitive case)
5. (mathematics) series, progression

niz

1. Alternative form of nize
   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 100:

     Ingsaury neileare (pidh?) his niz outh o' harr.

     J——N—— put his nose out of socket.

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 59