nav

See also NAV

English

Etymology

From navigation, abbreviation.

Noun

nav (uncountable)

1. (transport, military) Navigation. Often used attributively, as in nav beacon.

Anagrams

• AVN, van, Van

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Breton

Breton cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : nav

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. Compare Welsh naw.

Numeral

nav

1. (cardinal) nine

See also

• (cardinal number): Previous: eizh. Next: dek

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse nǫf (“nave”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nobʰ- (“navel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nav/, [naw]

Noun

nav n (singular definite navet, plural indefinite nav)

1. nave (a hub of a wheel)

Inflection

    Inflection of nav

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	nav	navet	nav	navene
genitive	navs	navets	navs	navenes

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Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian (compare Persian نام (nâm), Pashto نوم (nūm), Avestan 𐬥𐬁𐬨𐬀𐬥 (nāman-)) from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HnaHman- (compare Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), Hindi नाम (nām)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nḗh₃mn̥ (“name”) (compare Greek όνομα (ónoma), Italian nome, Tocharian A ñom, Armenian անուն (anun), Danish navn, and English name).

Noun

nav gender unspecified

1. name

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Latvian

Etymology

Reduced form of navaid from nevaid (both still attested in Latvian dialects), originally the negative form of vaid (“to be located, to be”). (G. F. Stenders, in his 1774 grammar, mentions under nevaid the reduced forms neva, nava and even nav' with an apostrophe.) This form replaced an earlier neir, neira (from ir, ira); compare Lithuanian nėrà from neyrà. Forms of vaid are occasionally attested in folk tales and songs; A. Bīlenšteins once heard its infinitive form vaist. It was probably an old perfect form, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, to know”) (“to see (around, where one is)” > “to find oneself, to be located, to be”); cf. Lithuanian vaidalas (“apparition, ghost”).

Verb

nav

1. (he, she, it) is not; 3rd person singular present indicative form of nebūt
2. (they) are not; 3rd person plural present indicative form of nebūt
3. (with the particle lai) let (him, her, it) not be; 3rd person singular imperative form of nebūt
4. (with the particle lai) let them not be; 3rd person plural imperative form of būt

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Rafsi

nav

1. rafsi of nanvi.

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Puter) nev

Etymology

From Latin nāvis.

Noun

nav f (plural navs)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) ship

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Swedish

Etymology

Form Old Swedish navan, cognate with English nave.

Noun

nav n

1. a hub (central part of a wheel)

Declension

Declension of nav

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nav	navet	nav	naven
genitive	navs	navets	navs	navens

Related terms

• navborr
• navkapsel

References

• nav in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• nav in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.