See also: Appendix:Variations of "na"

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nauː/
  • Rhymes: -auː

Verb

  1. (transitive, with dative) to reach (a place)
  2. (transitive, with dative) to get, catch, apprehend (a physical object)
  3. (transitive, with dative) to reach, attain (a goal)
    Ég mun heimsyfirráðum!
    I will attain world domination!

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Anagrams


Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish .

Particle

  1. don’t (particle used to introduce a negative imperative; triggers h-prothesis of a following vowel)
    déan sin.
    Don’t do that.
    habair é.
    Don’t mention it.
  2. may...not (particle used with raibh, the present subjunctive of , to introduce a negative wish)
    Dealbh raibh tú.
    May you never be destitute.
  3. (Munster) Alternative form of nach (not) (in questions; triggers h-prothesis; used with the dependent form of an irregular verb if there is one)
    fuil ocras ort?
    Are you not hungry?
    Chonac í, facas?
    I saw her, didn’t I?

Conjunction

(triggers h-prothesis; used with the dependent form of an irregular verb if there is one)

  1. (Munster) Alternative form of nach (that...not)
    Dúirt sé raibh carr aige.
    He said that he didn’t have a car.

Etymology 2

Conjunction

  1. nor
    Níl deartháir deirfiúr agam.
    I have neither brother nor sister.
  2. used between two identical or similar words to intensify a negative
    Ní fhaca sí solas 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

Conjunction

(triggers h-prothesis)

  1. than
    Is airde Máire Peadar.
    Mary is taller than Peter.
  2. but (used rhetorically in direct and indirect questions)
    Cé a bhí ina shuí ann m’athair féin?
    Who was sitting there but my own father?
  3. used to connect a predicate noun to its subject in a cleft sentence introduced by a copular form
    Is é a dúirt sé 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.
Derived terms
  • ná go, ná gur (but that)

Further reading

  • "" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Lashi

Pronoun

  1. your, second possesive personal pronoun singular

References


Mandarin

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Romanization

(Zhuyin ㄋㄚˊ)

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Postposition

  1. for you, for your sake
  2. in your favor
    yáʼátʼééhit is good for you
    áshłééhI’m making it for you

Inflection


Northern Sami

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈnaː/

Adverb

  1. so, thus, in this way

Further reading


Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nēhwijaną.

Verb

(singular past indicative náði, plural past indicative náðu, past participle nát)

  1. (transitive, with dative) to get hold of, reach, overtake
  2. to get, obtain
  3. (with infinitive) to be able to, to be allowed to

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål:
    • Norwegian Nynorsk:

References

  • in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Portuguese

Interjection

  1. Eye dialect spelling of não.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈna/

Pronoun

  1. Eye dialect spelling of nada.

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *s-naːʔ (crossbow), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *snaʔ (crossbow). Cognate with Thavung ซะน่า, Khmer ស្នា (snaa), Koho söna.

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc)

  1. (dialectal, weaponry) Synonym of nỏ (crossbow)
  2. (weaponry) a slingshot
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