ΝΑΙΣ, ναις
NAIS, nais
Sounds Like: NAH-ees
Translations: to ships, for ships, with ships, in ships
From the root: ΝΑΥΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is the dative plural form of the noun 'ναῦς' (naus), meaning 'ship' or 'boat'. It indicates the indirect object of an action, or the means, instrument, or location, often translated with prepositions like 'to', 'for', 'with', or 'in'. For example, it could be used in a phrase like 'they sailed to the ships' or 'they fought with ships'.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3491 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΑΥΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΗΩΝ — of ships
- ΝΑΥΝ — ship, a ship, boat, a boat
- ΝΑΥΝʼ — ship, a ship, boat, a boat
- ΝΑΥΣ — ship, a ship, boat, a boat
- ΝΑΥΣΙ — to ships, for ships, by ships, a ship, ships
- ΝΑΥΣΙΝ — to ships, for ships, by ships, with ships
- ΝΑΥΤΙΚΟΙ — sailors, mariners, seamen
- ΝΗΕΣ — ships, vessels
- ΝΗΙ — to a ship, to the ship, on a ship, on the ship
- ΝΗΟΣ — of a ship, of a boat, of a vessel
- ΝΗΩΝ — of ships, ships
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