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{{also|ness|-ness}}
==English==
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===Etymology===
Named after the {{w|lang=en|River Ness}}, of {{der|en|cel|-}}/{{der|en|xpi|-}} origin, from a {{der|en|cel-pro|-}} word {{m|cel-pro|*Nesta}} describing great currents, according to MacBain, from the same {{der|en|ine-pro|-}} root that gave the river {{m|grc|Νέστος}}, possibly {{m|ine-pro|*ned-|t=water}}.<ref>^MacBain, Alexander (1922). Place names Highlands & Islands of Scotland. p. 146.</ref>

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|nĕs}}, {{IPA|en|/nɛs/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ness.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɛs|s=1}}

===Proper noun===
{{en-proper noun|~|es}}

# {{lb|en|Irish mythology}} An [[Ulster]] princess and the mother of [[Conchobar mac Nessa]] and [[Findchoem]] in the [[Ulster Cycle]] of Irish mythology. Daughter of [[Eochaid Sálbuide]]. Also the mother of [[Cormac Cond Longas]] by [[incest]] with Conchobar mac Nessa.
# A [[placename]]
## {{ellipsis of|en|{{w|River Ness}}|dot=,}} {{place|en|a=a|short river|carea/Highland|cc/Scotland}}, which flows from {{l|en|Loch Ness}} through {{l|en|Inverness}} to the {{l|en|Beauly Firth}}.
## {{ellipsis of|en|Ness City}}
## {{ellipsis of|en|Ness County}}
# {{surname|en}}.

====Derived terms====
{{col3|en|Girdle Ness
|Inverness
|Loch Ness
|Ness City
|Ness County
|Nessie
}}

===See also===
{{col3|en|
|[[ness]] {{q|landform}}
|[[Great Ness]], [[Little Ness]]
}}

===References===
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===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=enss|sens|NSSE|ENSs|SNES|SE SN|ESNs|Sens.|Sens}}

==Central Franconian==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|gmw-cfr|Nöss|Nöst|Nost||parts of Eifel}}
* {{alt|gmw-cfr|Nest||other Moselle Franconian}}

===Etymology===
{{dercat|gmw-cfr|goh|gmw-pro|ine-pro|inh=3}}
From {{inh|gmw-cfr|gmh|nist}}, byform of {{m|gmh|nest}}, from {{inh|gmw-cfr|gem-pro|*nestą|*nestą, *nistą}}. Virtually all Central Franconian dialects (as well as some bordering ones in [[Rhine Franconian|Rhine]] and [[Low Franconian]]) show the underlying vowel ''i'' (hence {{IPAchar|/nes/}}, not {{IPAchar|/nɛs/}}).

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|gmw-cfr|/nes/}}

===Noun===
{{head|gmw-cfr|noun|g=n|plural|Nester|diminutive|Nessje}}

# [[nest]]