nav

See also: NAV

English

Etymology

From navigation, abbreviation.

Noun

nav (uncountable)

1. (transport, military, Internet) Navigation. Often used attributively, as in nav beacon.

Derived terms

• sat nav

Verb

nav (third-person singular simple present nav, present participle v, simple past and past participle ing)

1. (informal) to navigate

Anagrams

• AVN, VAN, Van, Van., van

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Breton

Breton cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : nav     Ordinal : navet

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *naw, from Proto-Celtic *nawan, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Numeral

nav

1. nine

See also

• (cardinal number): Previous: eizh. Next: dek

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse nǫf (“nave”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nobʰ- (“navel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nav/, [naw], [nawˀ]

Noun

nav n (singular definite navet, plural indefinite nav)

1. nave (a hub of a wheel)

Declension

Declension of nav

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nav	navet	nav	navene
genitive	navs	navets	navs	navenes

Further reading

• “nav” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Kurdish

Etymology

From an earlier *nam, related to Persian نام (nâm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑːv/

Noun

1. name

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Latvian

Etymology

Reduced form of navaid from nevaid (both still attested in Latvian dialects), originally the negative form of vaid (“to be located, to be”). (G. F. Stenders, in his 1774 grammar, mentions under nevaid the reduced forms neva, nava and even nav' with an apostrophe.) This form replaced an earlier neir, neira (from ir, ira); compare Latvian nėrà. Forms of vaid are occasionally attested in folk tales and songs; A. Bīlenšteins once heard its infinitive form vaist. It was probably an old perfect form, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, to know”) (“to see (around, where one is)” > “to find oneself, to be located, to be”); cf. Lithuanian vaidalas (“apparition, ghost”).

Verb

nav

1. (he, she, it) is not; (deprecated template usage) 3rd person singular present indicative form of nebūt
2. (they) are not; (deprecated template usage) 3rd person plural present indicative form of nebūt
3. (with the particle lai) let (him, her, it) not be; (deprecated template usage) 3rd person singular imperative form of nebūt
4. (with the particle lai) let them not be; (deprecated template usage) 3rd person plural imperative form of būt

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse nǫf f

Noun

nav n (definite singular navet, indefinite plural nav, definite plural nava or navene)

1. a hub (centre of a wheel)

References

• “nav” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse nǫf f

Noun

nav n (definite singular navet, indefinite plural nav, definite plural nava)

1. a hub (centre of a wheel)

References

• “nav” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• nev (Puter)

Etymology

From Latin nāvis.

Noun

nav f (plural navs)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) ship

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish navan, cognate with English nave.

Noun

nav n

1. a hub (central part of a wheel)

Declension

Declension of nav
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	nav	navet	nav	naven
Genitive	navs	navets	navs	navens

Related terms

• navborr
• navkapsel

References

• nav in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• nav in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• anv., van, van-