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niz

//nîz/ | /nîːz//
Serbo-Croatianprepnoun
Ћирилица: низone entry, two scripts

Definitions

  1. 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

  2. 2.
    array, sequence, series
  3. 3.
    row
  4. 4.
    string
  5. 5.
    large number of, host of, a number of
  6. 6.
    series, progression

Etymology

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

Forms

  • nȉzcanonical
  • ни̏зcyrillic

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