/ˈnɪ.hɪl/, /ˈniː(h)ɪl/, /ˈnaɪ(h)ɪl/
OriginFrom Latin nihil, nil.
- countableA nihil dicit.
- uncountablenothingness, nonbeing
“I shall no longer believe all the visions of my youth:
They have dissolved into nihil.”
“All tales about the beginning are apt to eliminate the nothing and make being overall. […] Without Nihil the whirlpool of the beginning settles down and becomes a stagnant puddle of pure being. Nihil ”
“That is, in the sovereign act of creation, whereby YHWH orders chaos, YHWH provisionally defeated the power of the Nihil but did not destroy or eliminate the threat of chaos.”
Formsnihils(plural)