ná
See also: Appendix:Variations of "na"
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nauː/
- Rhymes: -auː
Verb
ná
Conjugation
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Irish
Particle
ná
- don’t (particle used to introduce a negative imperative; triggers h-prothesis of a following vowel)
- Ná déan sin.
- Don’t do that.
- Ná habair é.
- Don’t mention it.
- may...not (particle used with raibh, the present subjunctive of bí, to introduce a negative wish)
- Dealbh ná raibh tú.
- May you never be destitute.
- (Munster) Alternative form of nach (“not”) (in questions; triggers h-prothesis; used with the dependent form of an irregular verb if there is one)
- Ná fuil ocras ort?
- Are you not hungry?
- Chonac í, ná facas?
- I saw her, didn’t I?
Conjunction
ná (triggers h-prothesis; used with the dependent form of an irregular verb if there is one)
Conjunction
ná
- nor
- Níl deartháir ná deirfiúr agam.
- I have neither brother nor sister.
- used between two identical or similar words to intensify a negative
- Ní fhaca sí solas ná solas.
- She saw no light whatsoever (lit. She didn’t see light or light).
Etymology 3
From Old Irish indás (“than (it) is”).
Alternative forms
- ioná (archaic)
- 'ná (superseded)
Conjunction
ná (triggers h-prothesis)
- than
- Is airde Máire ná Peadar.
- Mary is taller than Peter.
- but (used rhetorically in direct and indirect questions)
- Cé a bhí ina shuí ann ná m’athair féin?
- Who was sitting there but my own father?
- used to connect a predicate noun to its subject in a cleft sentence introduced by a copular form
- Is é a dúirt sé ná gur dhíol sé a ríomhaire lena chara.
- What he said was that he sold his computer to his friend.
- 1907, Peadar Ua Laoghaire, Séadna, p. 6:
- Bhí fear ann fad ó agus isé ainim a bhí air ’ná Séadna.
- Once upon a time there was a man and the name that he had was Séadna.
- Bhí fear ann fad ó agus isé ainim a bhí air ’ná Séadna.
Derived terms
- ná go, ná gur (“but that”)
Further reading
- "ná" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “ná” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “ná” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Lashi
Mandarin
Pronunciation
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Navajo
Postposition
ná
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈnaː/
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *nēhwijaną.
Conjugation
Conjugation of ná — active (weak class 3)
infinitive | ná | |
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present participle | nándi, náandi | |
past participle | nát | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | nái | náða |
2nd-person singular | náir | náðir |
3rd-person singular | náir | náði |
1st-person plural | nám | náðum |
2nd-person plural | náið | náðuð |
3rd-person plural | ná | náðu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | ná | næða |
2nd-person singular | náir | næðir |
3rd-person singular | nái | næði |
1st-person plural | náim | næðim |
2nd-person plural | náið | næðið |
3rd-person plural | nái | næði |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | ná | |
1st-person plural | nám | |
2nd-person plural | náið |
Conjugation of ná — mediopassive (weak class 3)
infinitive | násk | |
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present participle | nándisk, náandisk | |
past participle | názk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | námk | náðumk |
2nd-person singular | náisk | náðisk |
3rd-person singular | náisk | náðisk |
1st-person plural | námsk | náðumsk |
2nd-person plural | náizk | náðuzk |
3rd-person plural | násk | náðusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | námk | næðumk |
2nd-person singular | náisk | næðisk |
3rd-person singular | náisk | næðisk |
1st-person plural | náimsk | næðimsk |
2nd-person plural | náizk | næðizk |
3rd-person plural | náisk | næðisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | násk | |
1st-person plural | námsk | |
2nd-person plural | náizk |
References
- ná in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Portuguese
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *s-naːʔ (“crossbow”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *snaʔ (“crossbow”). Cognate with Thavung ซะน่า, Khmer ស្នា (snaa), Koho söna.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [naː˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [naː˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [naː˦˥]
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