neigh

English

Audio recording of a neighing horse

Etymology

From Middle English neighen, from Old English hnǣġan, from Proto-Germanic *hnaijan, from Proto-Germanic *hnajjaną (“to neigh”). Cognate with dialectal Dutch neien, Middle Low German neigen, Swedish gnägga, Icelandic hneggja.

Pronunciation

enPR: nā, IPA^(key): /neɪ/
Rhymes: -eɪ
Homophones: nay, nee, Neagh
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

neigh (plural neighs)

The cry of a horse.
Synonym: neighing

Hyponyms: nicker, whinny

Translations

the cry of a horse

Azerbaijani: kişnərti
Bashkir: кешнәү (keşnəw)
Bulgarian: цвилене n (cvilene)
Catalan: renill (ca) m, eguí (ca) m, aïnada (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 嘶 (zh) (sī)
Czech: ržání n, řehtání n, zařehtání n
Danish: vrinsk n
Dutch: hinnik (nl)
Esperanto: heno
Estonian: hirnumine
Finnish: hirnahdus (fi), hirnunta (fi)
French: hennissement (fr) m
Galician: rincho (gl) m
Georgian: ჭიხვინი (č̣ixvini)
German: Wiehern n
Hawaiian: ihihī
Hebrew: צְנִיפָה f (tsnifa), צָהֳלָה (he) f (tzoholá)
Icelandic: hnegg n
Ido: bramo (io)
Ilocano: aring-ing
Irish: seitreach f
Italian: nitrito (it) m
Japanese: いななき (inanaki)
Latin: hinnītus m
Latvian: zviedziens m
Maori: ngehengehe
Norwegian: knegg (no), vrinsk (no)
Persian: شیهه (fa) (šeyhe)
Polish: rżenie (pl)
Portuguese: relincho (pt) m
Romanian: nechezat (ro) n
Russian: ржа́ние (ru) n (ržánije)
Scottish Gaelic: sitrich
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: њиштање n, њиска f

Roman: njištanje n, njiska (sh) f
Spanish: relincho (es), relinchido m
Swedish: gnägg (sv)
Tagalog: halinghing
Telugu: సకిలింత (sakilinta)
Turkish: kişneme (tr), kişneyiş (tr)
Vietnamese: hí (vi)

Verb

neigh (third-person singular simple present neighs, present participle neighing, simple past and past participle neighed)

(of a horse) To make its cry.
Hyponyms: nicker, whinny
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 33:
  "I went into the stable first to see to the horse, and found him neighing and waiting for his hay, so I went up into the hay-loft for an armful[.]"
To make a sound similar to a horse's cry.
(obsolete) To scoff or sneer.
- c. 1614, John Fletcher, “Wit Without Money, a Comedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i:
  Yes, yes, 'tis he. I will assure you Uncle, the very he, the he your Wisdom plaid withal, I thank you for't, neighed at his Nakedness, and made his Cold and Poverty your Pastime; […]

Translations

(of a horse) to make its cry

Arabic: noun صَهِيل (ar) (ṣahīl), verb صَهَل (ṣahal)
Armenian: խրխնջալ (hy) (xrxnǰal)
Azerbaijani: kişnəmək (az)
Belarusian: іржа́ць (iržácʹ)
Bulgarian: цвиля (bg) (cvilja)
Catalan: renillar (ca), eguinar (ca), aïnar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 嘶 (zh) (sī)
Chuvash: ӑлах (ălah)
Czech: ržát impf, zaržát pf, řehtat impf, zařehtat pf
Danish: vrinske, gnægge (obsolete)
Dutch: hinniken (nl)
Esperanto: heni
Estonian: hirnuma
Finnish: hirnua (fi)
French: hennir (fr)
Galician: rinchar (gl)
Georgian: ჭიხვინებს (č̣ixvinebs)
German: wiehern (de)
Alemannic German: hürschele
Greek: χλιμιντρίζω (el) (chlimintrízo)
Ancient: χρεμετίζω (khremetízō)
Hawaiian: ihihī
Hebrew: צָנַף (he) (tsanaf), צָהַל (he) (tzahál)
Hindi: हींसना (hī̃snā)
Hungarian: nyerít (hu)
Icelandic: hneggja
Ido: bramar (io)
Italian: nitrire (it)
Latin: hinniō
Latvian: zviegt (lv)
Lithuanian: žvengti
Maori: ngehengehe
Norman: hîngni
Norwegian:
Bokmål: knegge, vrinske (no), humre (no)
Old Church Slavonic: ръзати impf (rŭzati)
Old English: hnǣġan
Persian: شیهه کشیدن (fa) (šeyhe kešidan), شهیدن (šehidan)
Polish: rżeć (pl)
Portuguese: relinchar (pt)
Romanian: necheza (ro), râncheza (ro)
Russian: ржать (ru) impf (ržatʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: sitrich
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: њиштати

Roman: njištati (sh)
Slovak: erdžať
Spanish: relinchar (es)
Swedish: gnägga (sv)
Tagalog: humalinghing
Telugu: సకిలించు (te) (sakiliñcu)
Turkish: kişnemek (tr)
Ukrainian: іржа́ти (iržáty)
Uyghur: كىشنەمەك (kishnemek)
Vietnamese: hí (vi)

to make a sound similar to a horses' cry

Estonian: hirnuma
Finnish: hirnua (fi)
French: hennir (fr)
Hawaiian: hōihihī
Icelandic: hneggja
Ido: bramar (io)
Italian: nitrire (it)
Latvian: zviegt (lv)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: humre (no), knegge, vrinske (no)
Polish: rżeć (pl)
Romanian: necheza (ro)
Russian: ржать (ru) impf (ržatʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: њиштати

Roman: njištati (sh)
Spanish: relinchar (es)
Swedish: gnägga (sv)
Tagalog: humalinghing
Turkish: kişnemek (tr)
Ukrainian: іржа́ти impf (iržáty)

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Anagrams

Hinge, ehing, hinge