Nyx

See also: NYX

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Νύξ (Núx).

Proper noun

Nyx

1. (Greek mythology) The primordial goddess of night.

Translations

the primordial goddess of night

• Armenian: Նիքս (Nikʻs)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 纽克斯

• Czech: Nyx
• Danish: Nyx
• Dutch: Nox, Nyx
• Finnish: Nyks
• French: Nyx (fr)
• Georgian: ნიქსი (niksi)
• German: Nyx
• Greek: Νυξ (el) f (Nyx)
• Hawaiian: Nika
• Hungarian: Nüx
• Italian: Notte, Nyx
• Japanese: ニュクス (Nyukusu)
• Korean: 닉스 (Nikseu)
• Lithuanian: Niktė
• Marathi: निक्स f (niksa)
• 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

2. (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

1. Alternative spelling of Nix