no-

See also Appendix:Variations of "no"

English

Etymology

Derived from the word no used in attributive phrases.

Prefix

no-

1. (slang) Placed before a word to indicate negation of that word.

Derived terms

no-account no-brainer no-fault no-fly no-go no-good no-hit no-hitter no-load

no-name no-no no-nonsense no-one no-see-um no-show no-trade no-trump no-win

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Latvian

Prefix

no-

1. Usually found on verbs (and their derived nouns or adjectives) with the meaning 'from'.

Derived terms

[+] Latvian words prefixed with no-

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nu, cognate with Sanskrit नु (nu, “now”) and Hittite 𒉡 (nu, “now, and”).

Prefix

no-

1. Used to support prototonic verb forms where no deuterotonic forms exist (imperfect, past subjunctive, conditional) and to support infixed object pronouns, including the relative pronoun that has no form except for a mutation on the following consonant
   • circa 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, Wb. 21^a8

     Is hed inso no·guidimm.

     This is what I pray.