See also: NAH and Nah.

Translingual

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nah

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Nahuan languages.

English

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Etymology 1

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Colloquial/unarticulated form of no. Compare yeah.

Pronunciation

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nah

  1. (informal) No.
    Synonym: naw
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Malay nah.

Interjection

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nah

  1. (Manglish, Singlish) here! (when giving something).
    Nah, take this.Here, take this.

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Anagrams

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Achang

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Pronunciation

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  • (Myanmar) /na˦˧/

Pronoun

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nah

  1. your (2nd-person singular possessive pronoun)

Further reading

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  • Inglis, Douglas, Sampu, Nasaw, Jaseng, Wilai, Jana, Thocha (2005) A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon[1], Payap University, page 84

Big Nambas

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *nago.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nah

  1. face
  2. front
    iter a nah nəmah
    It is in front of the house.

References

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  • Big Nambas Grammar, Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*nago”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

German

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Alternative forms

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  • nahe (dated or very formal; also a preposition, which is formal too)

Etymology

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From Middle High German nāh, from Old High German nāh, from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw. Compare English nigh. Doublet of nach.

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Adjective

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nah (strong nominative masculine singular naher, comparative näher, superlative am nächsten)

  1. near (in space or time or in an abstract sense), close, nearby
    Antonym: fern
    Ich plane in naher Zukunft eine Reise nach Deutschland.
    I'm planning a trip to Germany in the near future.
    • 1903, Fanny zu Reventlow, Ellen Olestjerne, in Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow: Gesammelte Werke, Albert Langen, page 573:
      Ellen stand am Fenster und hörte durch Herbstwind und Regen vom nahen Bahnhof herüber die Züge pfeifen.
      Ellen stood at the window and heard the trains whistling from the nearby station through autumn wind and rain.

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Adverb

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nah

  1. near (in space or time or in an abstract sense)
    Antonyms: weit, fern

Further reading

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  • nah” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • nah” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • nah” in OpenThesaurus.de

Indonesian

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Conjunction

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nah

  1. Used to conclude a speech or train of thought; now; so; right; okay
    Nah, itu yang tidak bisa kita ketahui.Now, that's what we haven't been able to find out.
    Lalu saya dipecat dengan tidak hormat. Nah, ini yang minimbulkan perasaan bahwa itu keterlaluan.
    Then I was given a dishonourable dismissal. Now, this is what made me feel that they had over-stepped the mark.

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nah

  1. I told you so! See?! (at long last the penny's dropped)
    Nah! Makanya jangan makan buah banyak-banyak (a mother scolding a child who has a stomachache)
    See?! That's why you shouldn't eat a lot of fruit.

Malay

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nah (Jawi spelling نه)

  1. here! (when giving something).
    Nah! Ambil ini.
    Here! Take this.

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Mokilese

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Noun

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nah (construct nihn)

  1. (one's) child
  2. (one's) small object

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Like many terms in Mokilese, nah has no non-possessive form; the third person singular possessive form (one's/his/her/its child) is therefore treated as the lemma.

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Munsee

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Particle

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náh

  1. there
    Téet náh apúw.Maybe he is there.

References

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  • O'Meara, John (2014) “náh”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN

Old English

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Verb

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nāh

  1. first/third-person singular present indicative of nāgan

Old High German

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *nāhw, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw. Cognates include Old English nēh, nēah and Old Norse .

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nāh

  1. close
  2. near
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  • Middle High German: nāch

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *nēhwiz.

Preposition

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nāh (takes dative)

  1. towards
  2. after (time)
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Old Saxon

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *nāhw. Cognates include Old English nēah and Old Norse .

Adjective

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nāh (comparative nāhiro, superlative nāhist)

  1. near
  2. close
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Declension of nah
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative nāh nāh nāh nāhe nāhu nāhe
accusative nāhana nāh nāha nāhe nāhu nāhe
genitive nāhes nāhes nāharo nāharō nāharō nāharō
dative nāhumu nāhumu nāharo nāhum nāhum nāhum
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine
nominative nāho nāha nāha nāhu
accusative nāhun nāha nāhun nāhun
genitive nāhun nāhun nāhun nāhonō
dative nāhun nāhun nāhun nāhum
Comparative forms of nah (weak only)
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine
nominative nāhiro nāhira nāhira nāhiru
accusative nāhirun nāhira nāhirun nāhirun
genitive nāhirun nāhirun nāhirun nāhironō
dative nāhirun nāhirun nāhirun nāhirum
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Strong declension
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative nāhist nāhist nāhist nāhiste nāhiste nāhistu
accusative nāhistana nāhist nāhista nāhiste nāhiste nāhistu
genitive nāhistes nāhistes nāhistaro nāhistarō nāhistarō nāhistarō
dative nāhistumu nāhistumu nāhistaro nāhistum nāhistum nāhistum
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine
nominative nāhisto nāhista nāhista nāhistu
accusative nāhistun nāhista nāhistun nāhistun
genitive nāhistun nāhistun nāhistun nāhistonō
dative nāhistun nāhistun nāhistun nāhistum
Descendants
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  • Middle Low German: nâch,
    • German Low German: na
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-West Germanic *nāhuriʀ(ō).

Preposition

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nāh (takes dative)

  1. to, towards

Turkish

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Etymology

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From either Bulgarian, Macedonian, or Serbo-Croatian на.

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nah

  1. (informal) lo!, there it is!
    Nah bu kadar bir boyu vardı.
    Lo, it had a size that big.
  2. (vulgar) Makes the following word negative
    Nah yaparsın!
    You'll do shit!
  3. (vulgar) accompanies the fig sign (compare Russian кукиш)