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See also: њу and Appendix:Variations of "ny"
Belarusian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nu, from Proto-Indo-European *nu.
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
ну • (nu)
- well, so (used in encouragements or discouragements, or as a filled pause)
- with і (i) or ж (ž): what ...!, what a...!, that's quite a...! (expresses disbelief)
- ну і дзянёк! ― nu i dzjanjók! ― quite a day!
Particle[edit]
ну • (nu)
- so, therefore (used in the beginning of summarising sentences)
- well?, so? (general-purpose question, an encouragement for the interlocutor to continue speaking)
- (colloquial) yeah, yep
References[edit]
- “ну” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1993), “ну”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 8 (не́марач – пая́ць), Minsk: Navuka i technika, →ISBN, page 46
Russian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nu, from Proto-Indo-European *nu.
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
ну • (nu)
Descendants[edit]
Adverb[edit]
ну • (nu)
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- Belarusian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
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- Belarusian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Belarusian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Belarusian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Belarusian/u
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- Belarusian lemmas
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