nave
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Etymology 1 edit
Ultimately from Latin nāvem, singular accusative of nāvis, possibly via a Romance source. Doublet of nef and nau.
Noun edit
nave (plural naves)
- (architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […] , down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.
- (architecture) The ground-level middle cavity of a barn.
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the middle or body of a church
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Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English nave, from Old English nafu, from Proto-West Germanic *nabu, from Proto-Germanic *nabō (compare Dutch naaf, German Nabe, Swedish nav), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nebʰ- (“navel, hub”) (compare Latin umbō (“shield boss”), Latvian naba, Sanskrit नभ्य (nabhya)).
Noun edit
nave (plural naves)
- A hub of a wheel.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
- 'Out, out, thou strumpet Fortune! All you gods,
In general synod take away her power;
Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel,
And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven […]
- (obsolete) The navel.
- c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
- Till he faced the slave; / Which ne'er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, / Till he unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps, / And fix'd his head upon our battlements
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hub of a wheel
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Asturian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin nāvis, nāvem.
Noun edit
nave f (plural naves)
- ship
- industrial building
- Neses naves del polígunu fain planches de fierro vieyo qu'atopen perahi
- In those industrial buildings they make plates from old iron that they find around.
Aulua edit
Noun edit
nave
- water
- (Can we date this quote?) Martin Pavior-Smith, Exploring self-concept and narrator characterisation in Aulua (nave):
- Nave ibtavov ben.
- The water went [=was swept] out [of the house].
- (Can we date this quote?) Martin Pavior-Smith, Exploring self-concept and narrator characterisation in Aulua (nave):
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Galician edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese nave, from Latin nāvis, nāvem.
Noun edit
nave f (plural naves)
- ship (watercraft or airship)
- (architecture) nave
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nave (plural naves)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin nāvem, from Proto-Italic *naus ~ *nāwis, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us, derived from the root *(s)neh₂- (“to swim, float”).
Pronunciation edit
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nave f (plural navi)
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Descendants edit
- → Slavomolisano: nava
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Latin edit
Noun edit
nāve
References edit
- “nave”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nave”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nave in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English nafu, from Proto-West Germanic *nabu, from Proto-Germanic *nabō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nave (plural naves)
- nave (hub of a wheel)
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “nāve, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Northern Sami edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
nave
- inflection of navvit:
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese nave, from Latin nāvis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us. Doublet of nau.
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Noun edit
nave f (plural naves)
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Scots edit
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Noun edit
nave (plural naves)
- (Orkney) a clenched fist or a handful
- ah'll cheust tak a nave-fil ― I'll just take a handful
- He wis rorrin' and shaftin' his nave ― he was shouting and shaking his fist
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish naf, naue, from Latin nāvem, nāvis, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us. Cognate with English nave, navigate, and navy.
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nave f (plural naves)
- ship, vessel (with a concave hull)
- craft, spaceship, spacecraft (ellipsis of nave espacial), starship (ellipsis of nave estelar)
- (architecture, religion) nave, aisle
Hyponyms edit
- aeronave
- astronave
- cosmonave
- nave de carga (“space cargo ship, space freighter”)
- nave espacial
- nave estelar
- nave nodriza (“mothership”)
Derived terms edit
- cocina de la nave (“galley”)
- nave industrial (“industrial building, industrial unit”)
- quemar las naves
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Further reading edit
- “nave”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014