v. to sting, strike; to pierce
n. sting, strike; piercing

Come, Dovahkiin. Nin Yol. Strike me with the fire of your Thu'um.
(Paarthurnax, 000559DC)

Thoringar wahlaan qethsegol monii vahrukt, Noomi, wen dez los wah Aus nin do pogaan Ogiim ronaaz.
Thoringar raised this stone for his daughter’s memory, Noomi, whose fate it was to Suffer the sting of many Orc arrows.
(Word Wall for Aus, Marked for Death)

Connotes a painful or piercing strike, as from an arrow, or the burning of flames.

Possibly from nos ‘to strike’.

Homophone with the pronoun niin ‘them’.