nare
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Noun edit
nare (plural nares)
- (rare, anatomy) A nostril
- 1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part 1, canto 1:
- There is a Machiavelian plot, / Tho' ev'ry nare olfact it not;
Usage notes edit
The Latin declension, naris (singular) and nares (plural), came to medical English from scholarly use of Latin. It is also generally treated by major dictionaries as the naturalized English declension; that is, many enter English nares and naris but do not enter nare (as of 2017). However, nare has been used in English for centuries; for example, Webster's 1913 enters it, and Samuel Butler's use of it in Hudibras in 1663—"There is a Machiavelian plot, / Tho' ev'ry nare olfact it not"—is familiar to readers of Edgar Allan Poe, who used that line as an epigraph to "The Folio Club". It is likely that the singular nare began as the back-formed presumed singular of nares, the latter having been taken by some readers to be an English regular plural, which in turn caused that sense of nares to become realized. But regardless of whether it is such a back-formation or it represents some little-recorded longtime English cognate of Romance words for a nostril (such as narine and narina), it sometimes appears today in phrases giving dosages for nasal administration, such as "5 mL in each nare." In modern medical and pharmacological usage, one can safely prefer naris or nostril simply to avoid using a word that "isn't in the dictionary" and might be viewed by some readers as an error for naris.
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nare f
- Alternative form of nari
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Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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nare (comparative nareago, superlative nareen, excessive nareegi)
Declension edit
| indefinite | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | nare | narea | nareak | |
| ergative | narek | nareak | nareek | |
| dative | nareri | nareari | nareei | |
| genitive | nareren | narearen | nareen | |
| comitative | narerekin | narearekin | nareekin | |
| causative | narerengatik | narearengatik | nareengatik | |
| benefactive | narerentzat | narearentzat | nareentzat | |
| instrumental | narez | nareaz | nareez | |
| inessive | anim. | narerengan | narearengan | nareengan |
| inanim. | naretan | narean | nareetan | |
| locative | anim. | — | — | — |
| inanim. | naretako | nareko | nareetako | |
| allative | anim. | narerengana | narearengana | nareengana |
| inanim. | naretara | narera | nareetara | |
| terminative | anim. | narerenganaino | narearenganaino | nareenganaino |
| inanim. | naretaraino | nareraino | nareetaraino | |
| directive | anim. | narerenganantz | narearenganantz | nareenganantz |
| inanim. | naretarantz | narerantz | nareetarantz | |
| destinative | anim. | narerenganako | narearenganako | nareenganako |
| inanim. | naretarako | narerako | nareetarako | |
| ablative | anim. | narerengandik | narearengandik | nareengandik |
| inanim. | naretatik | naretik | nareetatik | |
| partitive | narerik | — | — | |
| prolative | naretzat | — | — | |
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nare
- inflection of naar:
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nare f pl
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nare
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nāre
Middle English edit
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nare
- Alternative form of narwe
Adverb edit
nare
- Alternative form of narwe
Murui Huitoto edit
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nare
References edit
- Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[1], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis)
Northern Sotho edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *njátɪ́.
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nare
Pali edit
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nare
- inflection of nara (“man”):
Romanian edit
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nare f (plural nări)
- Alternative form of nară
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *njátɪ́.
Noun edit
nare class 9/10 (plural dinare)
Tswana edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *njátɪ́.
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nare class 9 (plural dinare)
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Verb edit
nare
- Alternative form of ndar