different between ness vs ity

English

Etymology

From Middle English nesse (in placenames), from Old English ness, næss, from Proto-Germanic *nasj? (“promontory; ness”); cognate with Middle Low German nes, Icelandic nes, Swedish näs, Danish næs. Related to nose.

Pronunciation

• enPR: n?s, IPA^(key): /n?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Noun

ness (plural nesses)

1. (geography) A promontory; a cape or headland. (Frequently used as a suffix in placenames.)
   • 1958: Eric Rücker Eddison, Zimiamvian Trilogy, volume 3: “The Mezentian Gate”, page 177 (Elek Bks.)

     Velvraz Sebarm stands upon the lake, among orange-trees and pomegranates and almonds and peaches of the south, a mile north-west over the water from Zayana town, and two miles by land: an old castle built of honey-coloured marble at the tip of a long sickle-shaped ness that sweeps round southwards, with wild gardens running down in the rocks to the water’s edge, and behind the castle a wood of holm-oaks making a wind-break against the north.

Derived terms

• Little Ness

Translations

See also

• Nes
• Ness
• naze

References

• ness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• The Collins English Dictionary, Collins, London & Glasgow 1986

Anagrams

• ESNs, NSSE, SE SN, SNES, Sens, Sens., sens

Vilamovian

Etymology

Cognate with German Nässe

Noun

ness f (plural nessa)

1. rainy weather
2. wetness

Related terms

• nessa

Translingual

Symbol

ity

1. The ISO 639-3 language code for Moyadan Itneg.

Ingrian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /?ity/
• Hyphenation: i?ty

Noun

ity (genitive iyn, partitive ittyä)

1. malt

Inflection

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 87
• Vitalij Chernyavskij (2005) Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)?^[1], page 105