ne-

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Contents 1 Croatian 1.1 Prefix 2 Czech 2.1 Prefix 2.1.1 Derived terms 3 Latin 3.1 Alternative forms 3.2 Etymology 3.3 Prefix 3.3.1 Derived terms 4 Old English 4.1 Alternative spellings 4.2 Etymology 4.3 Prefix 5 Romanian 5.1 Prefix

[edit] Croatian

[edit] Prefix

ne-

1. Prefix prepended to adjectives to create an adjective denoting a negative meaning (ne = not). Akin to un-, non-, im-, ir-.

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[edit] Czech

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ne-

1. Used to negate verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. "Mám hlad" ("I am hungry") becomes "nemám hlad" ("I am not hungry"). Akin to un-, non-, im-, ir-.

[edit] Derived terms

Too many to list them all.

• nesnadný
• nemoudře
• nedělat
• nemít
• nebýt

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[edit] Latin

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• nec-

[edit] Etymology

The word nē in compositions.

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ne-

1. absolutely negates the principal meaning

   ne- (“‘not’”) + scio (“‘I know’”) → nescio (“‘I don't know’”)

[edit] Derived terms

• neque
• nequiquam
• nescio
• nevolo
• nefas
• nefandus
• nepus
• nequeo
• neuter
• neutiquam
• nemo
• nego
• necopinans

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[edit] Old English

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• n-

[edit] Etymology

Proto-Germanic *ne- (“‘not’”) from Proto-Indo-European *ne- (“‘no, not’”). Akin to Old English ne (“‘not’”)

[edit] Prefix

ne-

1. not, usually syncopated to n-

   neom (“‘am not’”)

   næs (“‘was not’”); nǣron (“‘were not’”)

   nic (“‘not I’”)

   nǣniġ (“‘no one, none, not any, no (adj.)’”)

   nealles (“‘not at all, by no means’”)

   nefne (“‘unless, except, not even’”)

   nabban (“‘to have not, be without’”)

   nāgan (“‘to not owe, not own’”)

   nǣfre (“‘never’”)

   nyllan (“‘will not, wish not, be unwilling, refuse’”)

   nāt (“‘[I] do not know’”) < nytan (“‘to know not’”)

   nyten (“‘ignorant’”) (< ne + witan)

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[edit] Romanian

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ne-

1. attached to past-participles, gerundives and some adjectives to negate them

   necunoscut - unknown

   neînţeles - misunderstood

   neprietenos - unfriendly

   nefolosind - not using, without using