Talk:needs
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Currency of the adverb[edit]
Should the adverb sense be tagged with archaic, obsolete, regional or something like that? — Ungoliant (falai) 15:50, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
- Yeah, archaic looks good to me --Gente como tú (talk) 15:27, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
Tea Room and RFD discussions[edit]
Wiktionary:Tea_room/2018/September#needs_must. See also the RFD which will be archived at Talk:must needs. - -sche (discuss) 17:34, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
equivalent to "of need"[edit]
What's "equivalent" exactly mean in equivalent to "of need"? --Backinstadiums (talk) 18:30, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
Is needs an adverb in if needs be? --Backinstadiums (talk) 16:23, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
- No, it's a noun.--Simplificationalizer (talk) 00:30, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
- Question is, however, if it's a plural or rather a genitive. Compare on the one hand German von Nöten, Dutch desnoods. On the other hand it could also be a partitive genitive, in the sense "if there be of need any". But apparently it's merely the plural. 88.64.225.1 20:03, 26 June 2021 (UTC)