nag

See also nág

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈnæɡ/, SAMPA: /"n{g/
• (North American also) IPA: /neɪɡ/, IPA: /nɛɡ/
• Rhymes: -æɡ

Etymology 1

Middle English nagge, cognate with Dutch negge

Noun

nag (plural nags)

1. A small horse; a pony.
2. An old useless horse.

Translations

small horse

Danish: pony (da) Dutch: negge (nl) Finnish: poni (fi) Korean: 조랑말 (jorang-mar, -mal) Latin: caballus (la) m. Middle English: nagge

Novial: kavalache m. or f., kavalacha f. Portuguese: pônei (pt) m. Russian: пони (ru) (póni) m. Spanish: rocín (es) m. Volapük: (diminutive, male or female) jevodil (vo)

old useless horse

Danish: øg, krikke Finnish: kaakki (fi) French: rosse (fr), haridelle (fr), canasson (fr), rossinante (fr), bourrin (fr) m., carne (fr) f.

German: Schindmähre (de) f. Portuguese: rocim (pt) m. Russian: кляча (ru) (kljáča) f. Volapük: (male or female) lujevod (vo)

one who nags

Danish: nasser Finnish: nalkuttaja (fi)

French: bourrin (fr) m. Russian: ворчун (ru) (vorčún) m., ворчунья (ru) (vorčún'ja) f., придира (ru) (pridíra) m. and f.

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

1. To repeatedly remind or complain to someone in an annoying way, often about insignificant 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

Translations

bother with memories

Danish: stikke til Russian: грызть (ru) (gryzt'), мучить (ru) (múčit'), истязать (ru) (istjazát')

Swedish: älta (sv)

complain about insignificant matters

Danish: hakke på, skænde på Finnish: nalkuttaa (fi), jäkättää (fi), motkottaa (fi) German: nörgeln (de) Italian: assillare (it) Norwegian: mase (no)

Romanian: cicăli (ro) Russian: пилить (ru) (pilít'), придираться (ru) (pridirát'sja) (к), изводить (ru) (izvodít'), ворчать (ru) (vorčát') (на) Serbo-Croatian: piliti (sh), gnjaviti (sh) Swedish: tjata (sv)

Noun

nag (plural nags)

1. One who nags.

Anagrams

• AGN
• ANG
• gan, Gan
• NGA

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch nacht (“night”)

Noun

nag (plural nagte)

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

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Danish

Noun

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

1. grudge

Verb

nag

1. imperative of nage

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nâːɡ/

Adjective

nȃg (definite nȃgī, Cyrillic spelling на̑г)

1. naked

Declension

    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)

Synonyms

• gȏl, gȏ

Derived terms

• nágōst

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA: /naɡ/

Adjective

nag

1. naked

Synonyms

• gol (more formal)

Derived terms

• nagost

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA: [naɡ]

Particle

nag

1. not (in answers and tag questions)

Usage notes

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 forms

• na (used before a consonant)