nil

nil
لا شَيء \ nil: (in some sports) nothing: We won the match three-nil (usu. written as 3-0). no: (with a comparative adj. or adv.) not at all: There is no more food, not any I have no money. none: not any; not one: None of the food was left. How much money have we got? None at all. not a stroke of work: no work at all: He has not done a stroke of work this week. nothing: no thing; not anything: He has nothing to eat. Our plans are made and nothing can change them now. There’s nothing wrong with her. nought, zero: the figure 0 in a number: ‘Point nought one’ is written. 01; ‘nought point one’ is written 0.1. zero: the figure 0 and the number it stands for: It was 5 below zero last night.

Arabic-English glossary. 2015.

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