núa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nua"

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gnúa, from Proto-Germanic *ganū(w)aną, cognate with Gothic 𐌱𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 (bnauan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnuːa/
• Rhymes: -uːa

Verb

núa (ri-verb, third-person singular past indicative neri or néri, supine núið)

1. to rub, to chafe

Usage notes

• One of the four ri-verbs in Icelandic, the other being snúa (“to turn”), gróa (“to grow; to heal”) and róa (“to row”).
• As with the other ri-verbs, the past tense neri was originally pronounced with an e sound but is today pronounced with a é sound. There are therefore two spelling variants used: neri and néri. The Icelandic Ministry of Education considers both variants to be equally correct, but many speakers consider the original neri spelling to be the more correct one.

Synonyms

• (to rub): nudda

Derived terms

• núa um nasir
• núa saman höndum

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish nuae, from Proto-Celtic *nouyos (compare Welsh newydd, Breton nevez), from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n͈uːa̯/

Adjective

núa

1. new

Descendants

• Irish: nua
• Manx: noa
• Scottish Gaelic: nuadh

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
núa	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “núa, núae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Shuar

Noun

núa

1. Alternative spelling of nua

References

• Chicham: Dictionario Enciclopédico Shuar-Castellano