nil

«nil» in Mova's judaism dictionary: nothing or zero — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (nil — uncountable); number word

meaning for a pupil

1) Nil means nothing or zero. tree →

2) (UK, sport) Nil is used for zero in match scores: "two–nil". tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In these texts "nil" means zero, and in one place it is the printed form of the numeral signs "||||". Interpretation: The author discusses the cipher zero as the fifth symbol of the numeral system in Sefer Yetzirah. He reads it as the sign of the ten sefirot, whose number is counted from nothing. In the primary lessons: In UK, Irish, Australian and NZ sport talk: "We won three–nil." In formal language: "The risk is nil." In maths it means 0. Phrases: two–nil, nil–nil, nil by mouth (no food or drink in hospital).

examples

• They called it Mishnali, and it )ns hinided down to liioin by I'nil tradition from Alualiaiii." (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• The numeral system of tlie Sefer Tetzirah, as I have ex- plained, may be considered to consist of live symbols, |, ||, III, nil, 0, the cipher being the fifth symbol. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• We won the match three–nil. tree →
• The game ended nil–nil. tree →
• The chance of snow in summer here is nil. tree →
• The patient is nil by mouth before the operation. tree →
• Our savings were nil after buying the bike. tree →
• His interest in maths was nil until he met Mr Lee. tree →

note

Means 0. In the US people usually say "zero" or "nothing" for scores ("three to nothing"). In maths: adding nil changes nothing; multiplying by nil gives nil. Do not confuse with the river Nile.

In the corpora

• ODyn-nol means one–nil, a football score; nol means zero or nil, and nul is also heard.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «nil» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.