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)

1. a dead or lifeless body, a human corpse

   Synonyms: lík, dauðingi

Declension

Declension of nár (masculine)

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

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

See also

• andvana (“dead, lifeless”)
• fæddur andvana (“stillborn”)

Anagrams

• rán

Irish

Etymology

ná +‎ -r

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n̪ˠɑːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠæɾʲ/

Conjunction

nár (triggers lenition except of past autonomous forms)

1. 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)

1. 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”)

2. 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?

3. that... not (used with past tenses except of some irregular verbs)

   Dúirt sé nár oibrigh sé ansin.

   He said he didn’t work there.

4. 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)

1. wasn’t/wouldn’t... be? (used to introduce a negative question)

   Nár mhaith leat cupán tae?

   Wouldn’t you like a cup of tea?

2. 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

3. 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
		affirmative	negative	interrogative	negative interrogative
present/future
main clause		is	ní	an	nach
relative clause	direct		nach	–
	indirect	ar, arbv
other subordinate clause		gur, gurbv		an	nach
past/conditional
main clause		ba, b’v	níor, níorbhv	ar, arbhv	nár, nárbhv
relative clause	direct	ba, abv	nár, nárbhv	–
	indirect	ar, arbhv
other subordinate clause		gur, gurbhv		ar, arbhv	nár, nárbhv
present subjunctive
–		gura, gurabv	nára, nárabv	–
compound copular forms
base word		present/future		past/conditional
cá		cár, cárbv		cár, cárbhv
cé		cér, cérbv		cér, cérbhv
dá		–		dá mba, dá mb’v
de/do		dar, darbv		dar, darbhv
faoi		faoinar, faoinarbv		faoinar, faoinarbhv
i		inar, inarbv		inar, inarbhv
le		lenar, lenarbv		lenar, lenarbhv
má		más		má ba, má b’v
mura		mura, murabv		murar, murarbhv
ó (preposition)		ónar, ónarbv		ónar, ónarbhv
ó (conjunction)		ós		ó ba, ó b’v
trí		trínar, trínarbv		trínar, trínarbhv

^v Used before vowel sounds

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

nár m (genitive nás)

1. 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
• Nástrǫnd
• nýtr manngi nás (proverb)
• verða at nám

Related terms

• ná-

Descendants

• Icelandic: nár
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nåe
• Norwegian Bokmål: nåe

Further reading

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)