Nyx

See also: NYX

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Νύξ (Núx).

Proper noun

Nyx

(Greek mythology) The primordial goddess of night.

Derived terms

Nyctian
nyctian

Translations

the primordial goddess of night

Armenian: Նիքս (Nikʿs)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 纽克斯
Czech: Nyx
Danish: Nyx
Dutch: Nox, Nyx
Finnish: Nyks
French: Nyx (fr)
Georgian: ნიქსი (niksi)
German: Nyx
Greek: Νυξ f (Nyx)
Hawaiian: Nika
Hungarian: Nüx
Italian: Notte, Nyx
Japanese: ニュクス (Nyukusu)
Korean: 닉스 (Nikseu)
Lithuanian: Niktė
Polish: Nyks (pl) f
Portuguese: Nix
Russian: Ню́кта f (Njúkta), Ни́кта f (Níkta)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Никта f

Latin: Nikta f
Spanish: Nix, Nyx, Nicte f, Nicta f
Swedish: Nyx
Ukrainian: Нікс f (Niks)

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νύξ (Núx).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈnɪks]
Rhymes: -ɪks
Homophone: Nix

Proper noun

Nyx f

(Greek mythology) Nyx, goddess of night
- 1905, “Aether”, in Malý Ottův slovník naučný, Praha: J. Otto, page 23:
  Aether, syn Ereba a Nykty, stvořil nebe, Zemi, moře […]
  Aether, son of Erebus and Nyx, created the Heaven, the Earth and the Sea […]

Declension

Declension of Nyx (sg-only hard feminine irreg-stem)

	singular
nominative	Nyx
genitive	Nykty
dative	Nyktě
accusative	Nyktu
vocative	Nykto
locative	Nyktě
instrumental	Nyktou

Related terms

Nix

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈniks/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈniks/

Proper noun

Nyx f

Alternative spelling of Nix

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