nag

See also: nǡǵ

Contents

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈnæɡ/
• (North American also) IPA^(key): /neɪɡ/, IPA^(key): /nɛɡ/
• Rhymes: -æɡ

Etymology 1Edit

Middle English nagge, cognate with Dutch negge.

NounEdit

nag ‎(plural nags)

1. A small horse; a pony.
2. An old useless horse.
3. (obsolete, derogatory) A paramour.
   • 1598, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra, III. x. 11:

     Yon ribaudred nag of Egypt – Whom leprosy o'ertake!

SynonymsEdit

• (old useless horse): dobbin, hack, jade, plug

TranslationsEdit

small horse

• Catalan: haca (ca) f
• Danish: pony (da)
• Dutch: negge (nl)
• Finnish: poni (fi)
• Greek: αλογάκι (el) n ‎(alogáki)
• Hungarian: póni (hu)
• Korean: 조랑말 ‎(jorangmal)
• Latin: caballus (la) m

• Latvian: ponijs m
• Middle English: nagge
• Novial: kavalache m, f, kavalacha f
• Persian: پونی ‎(poni)
• Portuguese: pônei (pt) m
• Russian: по́ни (ru) m ‎(póni)
• Spanish: rocín (es) m
• Volapük: (diminutive ♂♀) jevodil (vo), (diminutive ♂) hijevodil, (diminutive ♀) jijevodil

old useless horse

• Catalan: rossí m
• Danish: øg, krikke
• Esperanto: ĉevalaĉo
• Estonian: kronu
• Finnish: kaakki (fi)
• French: rosse (fr) f, haridelle (fr) f, rossinante (fr) f, carne (fr) f
• German: Schindmähre f
• Greek: ψωράλογο n ‎(psorálogo)
• Hungarian: gebe (hu)

• Icelandic: bikkja (is) f, trunta f
• Italian: brenna (it) f, ronzino (it) m
• Latvian: kleperis m
• Persian: یابو (fa) ‎(yâbu)
• Portuguese: rocim m
• Russian: кля́ча (ru) f ‎(kljáča)
• Spanish: jamelgo (es) m, penco (es) m
• Volapük: (♂♀) lujevod (vo), (♂) hilujevod, (♀) jilujevod

one who nags

• Danish: nasser
• Finnish: nalkuttaja
• Hebrew: נוּדנִיק (he) ‎(noodneek)

• Persian: نقنقو ‎(neqnequ)
• Russian: ворчу́н (ru) m ‎(vorčún), ворчу́нья (ru) f ‎(vorčúnʹja), приди́ра (ru) m, f ‎(pridíra)

Coordinate termsEdit

• (old useless horse): bum (racing)

Etymology 2Edit

Probably from a North Germanic source; compare Swedish nagga ‎(“to gnaw, grumble”), Danish nage, Icelandic nagga ‎(“to complain”).

VerbEdit

nag ‎(third-person singular simple present nags, present participle nagging, simple past and past participle nagged)

1. To continuously remind or complain to someone in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.
2. To act inappropriately in the eyes of peers, to backstab, to verbally abuse.
3. To bother with persistent memories.

   The notion that he forgot something nagged him the rest of the day.

4. Other sorts of persistent annoyance, e.g.:

   A nagging pain in his left knee

   A nagging north wind

SynonymsEdit

• (bother with memories): haunt

TranslationsEdit

complain about insignificant matters

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嘮叨 (zh), 唠叨 (zh) ‎(láodao)

• Danish: hakke på, skænde på
• Dutch: zeuren (nl), zaniken (nl)
• Estonian: näägutama
• Finnish: nalkuttaa (fi), jäkättää (fi), motkottaa (fi)
• German: nörgeln (de)
• Greek: γκρινιάζω (el) ‎(nkriniázo)
• Hungarian: zsémbeskedik
• Italian: assillare (it)
• Maori: whakakūnawheke, haku, hakuhaku

• Norwegian: mase (no)
• Persian: نق زدن (fa) ‎(neq zadan)
• Portuguese: resmungar (pt)
• Romanian: cicăli (ro)
• Russian: пили́ть (ru) ‎(pilítʹ), придира́ться (к) ‎(pridirátʹsja (k)), изводи́ть (ru) ‎(izvodítʹ), ворча́ть (на) ‎(vorčátʹ (na))
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: scimìngiu, strumíngiu, travaioni

• Sassarese: pirèa
• Serbo-Croatian: piliti (sh), gnjaviti (sh)
• Swedish: tjata (sv), nagga (sv)
• Vietnamese: ỷ eo (vi), ỉ eo (vi)

bother with memories

• Danish: stikke til
• Portuguese: importunar (pt)

• Russian: грызть (ru) ‎(gryztʹ), му́чить (ru) ‎(múčitʹ), истяза́ть (ru) ‎(istjazátʹ)
• Swedish: älta (sv)

NounEdit

nag ‎(plural nags)

1. One who nags.

AnagramsEdit

• AGN
• ANG
• gan, Gan
• NGA

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AfrikaansEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch nacht ‎(“night”), from Middle Dutch nacht, from Old Dutch naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

NounEdit

nag ‎(plural nagte)

1. The period between sunset and sunrise, when the sky is dark; night.
2. (countable) darkness.

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ColánEdit

NounEdit

nag

1. moon

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DanishEdit

NounEdit

nag n (singular definite naget, not used in plural form)

1. grudge

VerbEdit

nag

1. imperative of nage

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GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -aːk

VerbEdit

nag

1. Imperative singular of nagen.
2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of nagen.

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LojbanEdit

RafsiEdit

nag

1. rafsi of narge.

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *nagъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós ‎(“naked”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /nâːɡ/

AdjectiveEdit

nȃg ‎(definite nȃgī, Cyrillic spelling на̑г)

1. naked

DeclensionEdit

indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		nag	naga	nago
genitive		naga	nage	naga
dative		nagu	nagoj	nagu
accusative	inanimate animate	nag naga	nagu	nago
vocative		nag	naga	nago
locative		nagu	nagoj	nagu
instrumental		nagim	nagom	nagim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		nagi	nage	naga
genitive		nagih	nagih	nagih
dative		nagim(a)	nagim(a)	nagim(a)
accusative		nage	nage	naga
vocative		nagi	nage	naga
locative		nagim(a)	nagim(a)	nagim(a)
instrumental		nagim(a)	nagim(a)	nagim(a)

definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		nagi	naga	nago
genitive		nagog(a)	nage	nagog(a)
dative		nagom(u/e)	nagoj	nagom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	nagi nagog(a)	nagu	nago
vocative		nagi	naga	nago
locative		nagom(e/u)	nagoj	nagom(e/u)
instrumental		nagim	nagom	nagim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		nagi	nage	naga
genitive		nagih	nagih	nagih
dative		nagim(a)	nagim(a)	nagim(a)
accusative		nage	nage	naga
vocative		nagi	nage	naga
locative		nagim(a)	nagim(a)	nagim(a)
instrumental		nagim(a)	nagim(a)	nagim(a)

SynonymsEdit

• gȏl, gȏ

Derived termsEdit

• nágōst

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SloveneEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *nagъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós ‎(“naked”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈnáːk/
• Tonal orthography: nȃg

AdjectiveEdit

nág ‎(not comparable)

1. naked

DeclensionEdit

Declension of nág (hard)

singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	nág ind nági def	nága	nágo
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	nágo	nágo
genitive	nágega	náge	nágega
dative	nágemu	nági	nágemu
locative	nágem	nági	nágem
instrumental	nágim	nágo	nágim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	nága	nági	nági
accusative	nága	nági	nági
genitive	nágih	nágih	nágih
dative	nágima	nágima	nágima
locative	nágih	nágih	nágih
instrumental	nágima	nágima	nágima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	nági	náge	nága
accusative	náge	náge	nága
genitive	nágih	nágih	nágih
dative	nágim	nágim	nágim
locative	nágih	nágih	nágih
instrumental	nágimi	nágimi	nágimi

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

SynonymsEdit

• gòl (more formal)

Derived termsEdit

• nágost

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WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [naɡ]

ParticleEdit

nag

1. not (in answers and tag questions)

Usage notesEdit

Used before a vowel, but not when that vowel has resulted from the soft mutation of g. Thus na + gallan becomes na allan, not *nag allan.

Alternative formsEdit

• na (used before a consonant)