ná

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ná.

Pronunciation

Verb

ná

  1. (transitive, with dative) to reach (a place)
  2. (transitive, with dative) to get, catch, apprehend (a physical object)
  3. (transitive, with dative) to reach, attain (a goal)
    Ég mun ná heimsyfirráðum!
    I will attain world domination!

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Old Irish ná.

Particle

ná

  1. don’t (particle used to introduce a negative imperative; triggers h-prothesis of a following vowel)
    Ná déan sin.
    Don’t do that.
    Ná habair é.
    Don’t mention it.
  2. may...not (particle used with raibh, the present subjunctive of bí, to introduce a negative wish)
    Dealbh ná raibh tú.
    May you never be destitute.
  3. (Munster) Alternative form of nach (“not”) (in questions; triggers h-prothesis; used with the dependent form of an irregular verb if there is one)
    Ná fuil ocras ort?
    Are you not hungry?
    Chonac í, ná facas?
    I saw her, didn’t I?

Conjunction

ná (triggers h-prothesis; used with the dependent form of an irregular verb if there is one)

  1. (Munster) Alternative form of nach (“that...not”)
    Dúirt sé ná raibh carr aige.
    He said that he didn’t have a car.

Etymology 2

Conjunction

ná

  1. nor
    Níl deartháir ná deirfiúr agam.
    I have neither brother nor sister.
  2. used between two identical or similar words to intensify a negative
    Ní fhaca sí solas ná solas.
    She saw no light whatsoever (lit. She didn’t see light or light).

Etymology 3

From Old Irish indás (“than (it) is”).

Alternative forms

Conjunction

ná (triggers h-prothesis)

  1. than
    Is airde Máire ná Peadar.
    Mary is taller than Peter.
  2. but (used rhetorically in direct and indirect questions)
    Cé a bhí ina shuí ann ná m’athair féin?
    Who was sitting there but my own father?
  3. used to connect a predicate noun to its subject in a cleft sentence introduced by a copular form
    Is é a dúirt sé ná gur dhíol sé a ríomhaire lena chara.
    What he said was that he sold his computer to his friend.
    • 1907, Peadar Ua Laoghaire, Séadna, p. 6:
      Bhí fear ann fad ó agus isé ainim a bhí air ’ná Séadna.
      Once upon a time there was a man and the name that he had was Séadna.
Derived terms

Further reading

Lashi

Pronoun

ná

  1. your, second possesive personal pronoun singular

References

Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Romanization

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Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of ná – see 哪 (“which; what; any; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 哪).

Postposition

ná

  1. for you, for your sake
  2. in your favor
    ná yáʼátʼééh ― it is good for you
    ná áshłééh ― I’m making it for you

Inflection

Navajo postpositions
singular duoplural
1st person shá nihá
2nd person ná nihá
3rd person bá
4th person (3o) yá
4th person (3a) há
4th person (3i) á —
reflexive ádá —
reciprocal — ahá

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈnaː/

Adverb

ná

  1. so, thus, in this way

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nēhwijaną.

Verb

ná (singular past indicative náði, plural past indicative náðu, past participle nát)

  1. (transitive, with dative) to get hold of, reach, overtake
  2. to get, obtain
  3. (with infinitive) to be able to, to be allowed to

Conjugation

Conjugation of ná — active (weak class 3)
infinitive ná
present participle nándi, náandi
past participle náðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular nái náða
2nd-person singular náir náðir
3rd-person singular náir náði
1st-person plural nám náðum
2nd-person plural náið náðuð
3rd-person plural ná náðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular ná næða
2nd-person singular náir næðir
3rd-person singular nái næði
1st-person plural náim næðim
2nd-person plural náið næðið
3rd-person plural nái næði
imperative present
2nd-person singular ná
1st-person plural nám
2nd-person plural náið
Conjugation of ná — mediopassive (weak class 3)
infinitive násk
present participle nándisk, náandisk
past participle názk
indicative present past
1st-person singular námk náðumk
2nd-person singular náisk náðisk
3rd-person singular náisk náðisk
1st-person plural námsk náðumsk
2nd-person plural náizk náðuzk
3rd-person plural násk náðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular námk næðumk
2nd-person singular náisk næðisk
3rd-person singular náisk næðisk
1st-person plural náimsk næðimsk
2nd-person plural náizk næðizk
3rd-person plural náisk næðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular násk
1st-person plural námsk
2nd-person plural náizk

Descendants

  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: nå
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: nå

References

  • ná in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Portuguese

Interjection

ná

  1. Eye dialect spelling of não.

Spanish

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ná m or f (masculine and feminine plural nás)

  1. Apocopic form of nada

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *s-naːʔ (“crossbow”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *snaʔ (“crossbow”). Cognate with Thavung ซะน่า, Khmer ស្នា (snaa), Koho söna.

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) ná • (𫸶)

  1. (dialectal, weaponry) Synonym of nỏ (“crossbow”)
  2. (weaponry) slingshot
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