nether

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

1. Lower; under.
2. Lying beneath, or conceived as lying beneath, the Earth’s surface.

Adv

1. Down; downward.
2. Low; low down.

Verb

1. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To bring or thrust down; bring or make low; lower; abase; humble.
2. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To constrict; straiten; confine; restrict; suppress; lay low; keep under; press in upon; vex; harass; oppress.
3. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To pinch or stunt with cold or hunger; check in growth; shrivel; straiten.
4. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To shrink or huddle, as with cold; be shivery; tremble.
5. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To depreciate; disparage; undervalue.

Noun

1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) Oppression; stress; a withering or stunting influence.
2. A trouble; a fault or dislocation in a seam of coal.

Conceptes

baix

inferior

Sinònims

under

lower

inferior

down

low

chthonian

subaltern

chthonic

downwards

adown

below

downbound

beneath

down below

downstairs

infra

junior

subjacent

underlying

to the bottom

Traduccions

inférieur

inferior

κάτω

bajo

inferiore

alt

cehennem

unter

κατώτερος

bas

inferior

subterrâneo

sotterraneo

nieder

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/nɛð.ə/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: nether

Heretat de anglès antic: niþera

Cognat amb neerlandès: neder

Cognat amb alemany: nieder

Cognat amb luxemburguès: nidder

Cognat amb danès: -

Cognat amb noruec: -

Cognat amb suec: ned

Cognat amb suec: nedre

Cognat amb feroès: -

Cognat amb islandès: niður

Heretat de anglès mitjà: nitheren

Heretat de anglès antic: niþerian

In summary

From Middle English nether, nethere, nithere, from Old English niþera (“lower, under, lowest”, adjective), from niþer, niþor (“below, beneath, down, downwards, lower, in an inferior position”, adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *niþer, from Proto-Germanic *niþer, *niþra (“down”), from Proto-Indo-European *ni-, *nei- (“in, down”). Cognates include Dutch neder, German nieder, Luxembourgish nidder, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish ned, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish nedre (“lower”), Faroese and Icelandic niður.