nights · adverb1
- Old English · inherited fromnihtes“at night, by night”
- Middle English · inherited fromnightes
- English todaynights
Inherited from Middle English nightes, from Old English nihtes (“at night, by night”), equivalent to night + -s (adverbial genitive suffix). Cognate with Old Frisian nachtes, Old Saxon nahtes, German nachts (all “nights, at night”).
nights · noun2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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