nár

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nar"

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse nár (“corpse”), from Proto-Germanic *nawiz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnauːr/
Rhymes: -auːr

Noun

nár m (genitive singular nás, nominative plural náir)

(chiefly poetic) a dead or lifeless body, a human corpse ^syn.

Declension

declension of nár

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-s2	singular		plural
nominative	nár	nárinn	náir	náirnir
accusative	ná	náinn	nái	náina
dative	ná	nánum	nám / náum	náunum
genitive	nás	násins	náa	náanna

Synonyms

(human corpse):^def. lík, dauðingi

Derived terms

compounds

nábleikur
náfölur
náhvalur

nálykt
náriðill
náæta

idioms

bleikur sem nár, fölur sem nár (“pale as a corpse”)
leggjast á náinn

verða að ná, verða að nám

Anagrams

rán

Irish

Etymology

ná +‎ -r

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [n̪ˠɑːɾˠ]

Conjunction

nár (triggers lenition except of past autonomous forms)

that... not (used to introduce a negated subordinate clause with a past tense verb, except for some irregular verbs)
Dúirt sé nár chuir sé an gloine ar an tábla.
He said that he didn’t put the glass on the table.

Tá súil agam nár cailleadh é.
I hope he didn’t die.

Related terms

gur (used with affirmative clauses)
nach (used with nonpast tenses and with some irregular verbs even in the past)

Particle

nár (triggers lenition except of past autonomous forms)

may... not (used with the present subjunctive to express a negative wish)
Nár fhille sé!
May he not return!

Nár lige Dia! ― God forbid!
(literally ‘May God not permit’)
didn’t...? (used to introduce a negative question in the past tense, except with some irregular verbs)
Nár chuala tú mé?
Didn’t you hear me?
that... not (used with past tenses except of some irregular verbs)
Dúirt sé nár oibrigh sé ansin.
He said he didn’t work there.
which/who... not (used with past tenses except of some irregular verbs)
an fear nár chabhraigh mé ― the man who didn’t help me

Related terms

(may... not): go (used with affirmative clauses)

Particle

nár (triggers lenition, before vowels nárbh) (introduces negative past/conditional copular clauses of various kinds)

wasn’t/wouldn’t... be? (used to introduce a negative question)
Nár mhaith leat cupán tae?
Wouldn’t you like a cup of tea?
which/who wasn’t/wouldn’t be (used to introduce both direct and indirect relative clauses)
an bhean nár mhúinteoir í ― the woman who wasn’t a teacher

an bhean nár mhaith léi bainne ― the woman who didn’t like milk
that... it wasn’t/wouldn’t be; whether/if... it wasn’t/wouldn’t be (used to introduce a negative past/conditional copular subordinate clause, including an indirect question)
Dúirt sí nár mhaith léi cupán tae.
She said that she wouldn’t like a cup of tea

Ní raibh a fhios agam nár mhaith léi cupán tae.
I didn’t know whether she would like a cup of tea.

Related terms

Irish copular forms

Simple copular forms

Present/future
	Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative	Neg. inter.
Main clauses	is	ní	an	nach
Direct relative clauses	is	nach
Indirect relative clauses	ar, arb^v
Other subordinate clauses	gur, gurb^v		an	nach
Past/conditional
	Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative	Neg. inter.
Main clauses	ba, b’^v	níor, níorbh^v	ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v
Direct relative clauses	ba, ab^v	nár, nárbh^v
Indirect relative clauses	ar, arbh^v
Other subordinate clauses	gur, gurbh^v		ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v
Present subjunctive
	Affirmative	Negative
	gura, gurab^v	nára, nárab^v

Compound copular forms

Base word	Present/future	Past/conditional
má	más	má ba, má b’^v
ó (“since”)	ós	ó ba, ó b’^v
dá		dá mba, dá mb’^v
mura	mura, murab^v	murar, murarbh^v
cé	cér, cérb^v	cér, cérbh^v
cá	cár, cárb^v	cár, cárbh^v
de/do	dar, darb^v	dar, darbh^v
faoi	faoinar, faoinarb^v	faoinar, faoinarbh^v
i	inar, inarb^v	inar, inarbh^v
le	lenar, lenarb^v	lenar, lenarbh^v
ó (“from”)	ónar, ónarb^v	ónar, ónarbh^v
trí	trínar, trínarb^v	trínar, trínarbh^v

^v Used before vowel sounds

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nawiz, whence also Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍃 (naus, “corpse”).

Noun

nár m (genitive nás)

corpse; a dead person

Derived terms

bjarga nám
fǫlr sem nár
gálgnár
gøra at nái
nábjargir
nábleikr
nábítr
náfǫlr
nágráðigr
nágríma
nágǫll
náhvítr
nákaldr
nálykt
nálús
náreið
nás litr
nás orð
nýtr manngi nás (proverb)
verða at nám

Related terms

ná-

Descendants

Icelandic: nár
Norwegian: nåe

References

Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.

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