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nĕ́pell (for *neb pell), with a neg. ‘not far’.

(1) dim is probably never an adj.; a noun following it is a dependent genitive, as—

But before a definite noun or pron. o ‘of’ is used after dim:


 * Odid i Dduw, doed a ddêl,
 * Fyth ddewis mo vath Howel.—W.Ỻ. 45.

‘Scarcely will God, come what may, ever choose such a one as Howel.’

Used in an adverbial case ẟim signifies ‘at all’, etc. Nac ef ẟim. Ỻ.A. 48 ‘not at all’; cf. 1 Cor. xv 29, 1 Thes. v 3.

This adverbial ddim is nearly as frequent in the spoken lang. as pas after a neg. in French.

(1) W. neb, Ir. nech ‘any one’ (gen. neich) < Kelt. *neq$u̯$os: Lith. nekàs ‘something’, nekùrs ‘quidam’. It is believed that the *ne- is the neg. particle, so that the meaning was original&shy;ly neg., and became positive by the use of another neg. in the sentence (cf. Fr. nul). But it is possible that this *ne- is positive, and is a form of the n-demon&shy;strative: Lat. ego-ne, see Walde² 255 (where Lith. ne-kùrs is so explained, though different&shy;ly in 510).

W. dim: Ir. dim ‘something’, as in ni di nacca dim, acht is du dim ‘it is not from no thing, but is from something’.—The W. dim is written with i in Ml. which distin&shy;guish i and ɥ; and dim in “proest” with grym  i 374 shows that its vowel was not ɥ in the