nádi

Hungarian

Etymology

nád (“reed”) +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnaːdi]
• Hyphenation: ná‧di
• Rhymes: -di

Adjective

nádi (not comparable)

1. (of animals and plants) reed, reedy (living in a place where reeds grow)

   nádi sármány ― common reed bunting

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	nádi	nádiak
accusative	nádit	nádiakat
dative	nádinak	nádiaknak
instrumental	nádival	nádiakkal
causal-final	nádiért	nádiakért
translative	nádivá	nádiakká
terminative	nádiig	nádiakig
essive-formal	nádiként	nádiakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	nádiban	nádiakban
superessive	nádin	nádiakon
adessive	nádinál	nádiaknál
illative	nádiba	nádiakba
sublative	nádira	nádiakra
allative	nádihoz	nádiakhoz
elative	nádiból	nádiakból
delative	nádiról	nádiakról
ablative	náditól	nádiaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	nádié	nádiaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	nádiéi	nádiakéi

Derived terms

Compound words

• nádiantilop
• nádirigó (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)

Expressions

• nádi acsa (Aeshna mixta)
• nádi állaspók (Tetragnatha striata)
• nádi boglárka (Ranunculus lingua)
• nádi papagájcinege (Paradoxornis heudei)
• nádi sármány (Emberiza schoeniclus)
• nádi szövőlepke (Laelia coenosa)
• nádi tücsökmadár (Locustella luscinioides)
• nádi varangy (Epidalea calamita)

Further reading

• nádi in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Macanese

Alternative forms

• n'há-de

Etymology

Univerbation of Portuguese não há-de (“there won't be”).

Particle

nádi

1. particle expressing negative future tense; will not, won't

   Antonym: lôgo

   Êle nádi vai ― He will not go

   Nôs nádi falâ ― We won't speak

See also

• nôm
• nunca

Interjection

nádi

1. no way! not happening! (expression of refusal to an upcoming event)

   Chomâ iou vai tambâ tacho? Nádi!

   Invite me to fill in for somebody who can't go? No way!

Usage notes

• nôm is not used in Macanese as a negative response to a question. For questions pertaining to the past and present, nunca is used; for questions pertaining to the future, nádi is used.