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# ni

fragment or abbreviation (NI, Ni, ni)

«ni» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. NI is short for Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ni/#m1)
2. (UK) NI is short for National Insurance, money taken from wages to pay for state pensions and benefits. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ni/#m2)
3. (science) Ni is the chemical symbol for the metal nickel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ni/#m3)
4. In the old film «Monty Python and the Holy Grail», the Knights Who Say «Ni!» shout it as a silly word. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ni/#m4)

### In the lessons

In geography: NI on maps and in addresses. In money (UK): an NI number on a payslip. In chemistry: the symbol Ni in the periodic table. As a lowercase fragment it may also appear from Spanish «ni» (nor) or Ni in names.

### Examples

- Belfast is the capital of NI. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ni/#x1)
- Every worker in the UK has an NI number. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ni/#x2)
- Ni is the symbol for nickel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ni/#x3)
- The postcode area BT is in NI. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ni/#x4)
- Coins can contain Ni (nickel). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ni/#x5)
- NI contributions help pay for state pensions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ni/#x6)

### Note

Not an ordinary English word; always check the context. Abbreviations are usually in capitals (NI); chemical symbols have a capital first letter and small second letter (Ni).

## In Jewish tradition

In geography: NI on maps and in addresses. In money (UK): an NI number on a payslip. In chemistry: the symbol Ni in the periodic table. As a lowercase fragment it may also appear from Spanish «ni» (nor) or Ni in names.

### Examples

- Klyce (f/ni- verse 1921 para. 43 f) advances the view that zero and infinity are logically identical. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/ni/#x1)
- nB3 mynp nna ni2isn hpa graved by the voice, hewn out :mDipD nti-ens in the air, and fixed in the moutli in five places. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/ni/#x2)

### Note

Not an ordinary English word; always check the context. Abbreviations are usually in capitals (NI); chemical symbols have a capital first letter and small second letter (Ni).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ni» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ni/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ni» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ni.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «ni» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/ni/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ni» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ni.html) on Mova free.