n-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "n"

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of normal.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛn/

Prefix

n-

  1. (organic chemistry) normal-form of a functional group (or molecule), being the long-chain form (unbranched chain)

Coordinate terms
  • s- (secondary form)
  • t- (tertiary form)

Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_words_prefixed_with_n-' title='Category:English words prefixed with n-'>English words prefixed with n-</a>
  • n-butyl-

Translations
Translations

See also

Abenaki

Alternative forms

Etymology

Related to nia (“I, me”).

Prefix

n-

  1. (prefixed to nouns, used before consonants) my
  2. (prefixed to verbs, used before consonants) I
  3. (prefixed to verbs, used before consonants) I (exclusive we)

Coordinate terms
  • nd- (used before vowels)

Aromanian

Prefix

n-

  1. Alternative form of ãn-

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ne, en, from Old Dutch ne, from Proto-Germanic *ne.

Prefix

n-

  1. Used to negate the pronoun or adverb which follows it, yielding the same part of speech

Derived terms
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Emilian

Pronunciation

Pronoun

n- (adverbial)

  1. (before a vowel) Alternative form of in
    A-g n-ò dimándi. ― I have a lot (of them).

French

Etymology

Abbreviation of normale.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛn/

Prefix

n-

  1. (organic chemistry) n-; (normal-form)

Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:French_words_prefixed_with_n-' title='Category:French words prefixed with n-'>French words prefixed with n-</a>

Kamba

Alternative forms

Prefix

n-

  1. I (used for conjugating verbs to the subjective or nominative case of the personal pronoun)

Old Irish

Prefix

n- (class A infixed pronoun)

  1. us

Derived terms
Category Old Irish words prefixed with n- not found

See also
Old Irish affixed pronouns

See Appendix:Old Irish affixed pronouns for details on how these forms are used.
Note that the so-called “infixed” pronouns are technically prefixes, but they are never the first prefix in a verbal complex.

Person Infixed Suffixed
Class A Class B Class C
1 sing. m-L dom-L, dam-L -um
2 sing. t-L dot-L, dat-L, dut-L, dit-L -ut
3 sing. m. a-N d-N id-N, did-N, d-N -i, -it
3 sing. f. s-(N) da- -us
3 sing. n. a-L d-L id-L, did-L, d-L -i, -it
1 pl. n- don-, dun-, dan- -unn
2 pl. b- dob-, dub-, dab- -uib
3 pl. s-(N) da- -us
L means this form triggers lenition.
N means this form triggers nasalization (eclipsis)
(N) means this form triggers nasalization in some texts but not in others.

Prefix

n- (class B & C infixed pronoun)

  1. Alternative form of d-

Swahili

Alternative forms
  • ny- (before a vowel)

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ǹ-.

Prefix

n- (plural n-)

  1. The prefix for noun class 9 denoting animals and miscellaneous nouns.
    1. Used as a class for foreign borrowings that cannot fit other classes morphologically.
  2. The prefix for noun class 10 denoting the plurals of noun class 9 and noun class 11.

Usage notes

Except for nouns where the stem is of one syllable, n can only be followed by g, d, j, y, and z in Swahili. As a result of this, when the stem starts with a vowel, n- changes to ny-, when it starts with a b or v it changes to a m, and *nw, *nl, and *nr becomes mb, nd, and nd respectively. In front of any stems where these rules cannot be applied, it disappears.

See also
  • Appendix:Swahili noun classes

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ǹ-.

Prefix

n-

  1. Class 9 simple noun prefix.

Usage notes

The variant form m- is used before stems beginning with a labial consonant (b, f, m, p, v).

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