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ná

See also: Appendix:Variations of "na"

Asturian

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Adverb

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ná

  1. Alternative form of nada

Hokkien

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For pronunciation and definitions of ná – see 哪 (“which; what; any; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 哪).

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse ná.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ná

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

Conjugation

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish ná (“don't”, prohibitive particle).

Particle

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ná

  1. don’t (particle used to introduce a negative imperative; triggers h-prothesis of a following vowel)
    Ná déan sin.
    Don’t do that.
    Ná habair é.
    Don’t mention it.
  2. may...not (particle used with raibh, the present subjunctive of bí, to introduce a negative wish)
    Dealbh ná 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)
    Ná fuil ocras ort?
    Are you not hungry?
    Chonac í, ná facas?
    I saw her, didn’t I?

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ná (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 ná raibh carr aige.
    He said that he didn’t have a car.

Etymology 2

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From Old Irish ná (“nor”)

Conjunction

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ná

  1. nor
    Níl deartháir ná deirfiúr agam.
    I have neither brother nor sister.
  2. used between two identical or similar words to intensify a negative
    Ní fhaca sí solas ná solas.
    She saw no light whatsoever.
    (literally, “She didn’t see light or light).”)

Etymology 3

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From Old Irish indás (“than (it) is”).

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Conjunction

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ná (triggers h-prothesis)

  1. than
    Is airde Máire ná Peadar.
    Mary is taller than Peter.
  2. but (used rhetorically in direct and indirect questions)
    Cé a bhí ina shuí ann ná 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 ná gur dhíol sé a ríomhaire lena chara.
    What he said was that he sold his computer to his friend.
    • 1907, Peadar Ua Laoghaire, Séadna, page 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.
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Mandarin

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Romanization

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ná (na2, Zhuyin ㄋㄚˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嗱
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 拏 / 拿
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 拿
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 挏
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 訣 / 诀
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 誽 / 𰵵
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鎿 / 镎
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 镎
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Pronunciation

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Postposition

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ná

  1. for you, for your sake
  2. in your favor
    ná yáʼátʼééh ― it is good for you
    ná áshłééh ― I’m making it for you

Inflection

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Forms of ná
singular duoplural
1st person shá nihá
2nd person ná nihá
3rd person bá
4th person (3o) yá
4th person (3a) há
4th person (3i) á —
reflexive ádá —
reciprocal — ahá

Northern Sami

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈnaː/

Adverb

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ná

  1. so, thus, in this way

Further reading

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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Uncertain. According to Matasović originally short /na/, from Proto-Celtic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *né (“not”).[1] According to Dunkel from Proto-Celtic *nā, from Proto-Indo-European *nó-h₁, from *né + adverbial suffix *-h₁. In Old Irish the expected outcome would be *nú in a final syllable. The variant with á would adopted from originally disyllabic forms like nád (relative) and nách (before infixed pronoun).[2]

Particle

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ná (triggers /h/-prothesis)

  1. don’t, let…not (particle used to introduce a negative imperative)
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 22b26
      Ná bíth i cobadlus doïb, ar atá torad la gnímu soilse .i. praemia aeterna ní ḟil immurgu acht infructuosa.
      Do not be in fellowship with them, for there is fruit with works of light, i.e. praemia aeterna. There is nothing [with works of darkness], however, save infructuosa.
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 25c6
      Hóre ammi maicc laí et soilse, ná seichem nahísiu.
      Since we are children of day and light, let us not follow these things.
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 55a1
      Ná déne ainmnit.
      Do not show patience.
      (literally, “Do not do patience.”)
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Descendants
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  • Middle Irish: ná

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Etymology 2

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Maybe from Proto-Celtic *nāwe (“or not”), from Proto-Indo-European *nó-h₁ (“not”) + *-we (“or”). Compare nó (“or”).

Conjunction

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ná (triggers /h/-prothesis)

  1. (chiefly in the negative) or, nor
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  • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 49d3
    .i. ní frithalim-se rucai ná mmebuil dam hisa suithin, ma fris·accar hi t’ainm-siu, a Dǽ
    i.e. I expect neither shame nor disgrace to me for ever, if I hope in Your name, O God.
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References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ne, *ni, *nī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 286
  2. ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014) “2.*nó-h₁ ‘nicht’”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 531

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *nēhwāną, related to (or derived from) Proto-Germanic *nēhwaz (“near”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

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Conjugation of ná — active (weak class 3)
infinitive ná
present participle nándi, náandi
past participle náðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular nái náða ná næða
2nd person singular náir náðir náir næðir
3rd person singular náir náði nái næði
1st person plural nám náðum náim næðim
2nd person plural náið náðuð náið næðið
3rd person plural ná náðu nái næði
imperative present
2nd person singular ná
1st person plural nám
2nd person plural náið
Conjugation of ná — mediopassive (weak class 3)
infinitive násk
present participle nándisk, náandisk
past participle názk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular námk náðumk námk næðumk
2nd person singular náisk náðisk náisk næðisk
3rd person singular náisk náðisk náisk næðisk
1st person plural námsk náðumsk náimsk næðimsk
2nd person plural náizk náðuzk náizk næðizk
3rd person plural násk náðusk náisk næðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular násk
1st person plural námsk
2nd person plural náizk
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  • Icelandic: ná
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: nå
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: nå
  • Swedish: nå
  • Danish: nå

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “ná”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 309; also available at the Internet Archive

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Interjection

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ná

  1. Eye dialect spelling of não.

Skou

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Particle

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ná

  1. polar interrogative particle
    Móe ing a mè mangmang me pi ná?
    Do you want to eat fish?

References

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  • Donohue, Mark. A Grammar of the Skou Language of New Guinea (2004).

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈna/ [ˈna]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: ná

Pronoun

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ná

  1. (informal) Apocopic form of nada
    no pasa ná ― nothing happens

Tày

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Adverb

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ná

  1. not (negates meaning of verb)
    ná chin ― not eat
    ná chắc ― not know
    slon lụ ná ― study or not

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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ná

  1. brassy; obstinate
    ná dú rườn hâu ― to stay at their house

Verb

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ná

  1. to be blocked
    Slủng ná đạn.
    The gun was clogged.

References

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  • Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[2][3] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[4] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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

Pain (2020) tentatively considered this to be a Chinese loan, from 弩 (OC *C.nˤaʔ) (B-S) (SV: nỗ), into Austroasiatic and Tai languages, likely through proto-Vietic.[1]

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Noun

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(classifier cái, chiếc) ná • (弩, 𫸶, 梛, 󲈦, 那)

  1. (dialectal) Synonym of nỏ (“crossbow”)
  2. slingshot

References

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  1. ^ Pain, Frederic. "”Giao Chỉ” (”Jiāozhǐ” 交趾) as a diffusion center of Chinese diachronic changes: syllabic weight contrast and phonologisation of its phonetic correlates".

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