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Latest revision as of 23:01, 4 August 2013 Icelandic[edit] Etymology[edit] From Old Norse nár ("a corpse, a deceased person"). Pronunciation[edit] nár m (genitive singular nás, plural náir) - (poetic) a dead or lifeless body, a human corpse syn.
Declension[edit] Derived terms[edit] See also[edit] Synonyms[edit] Anagrams[edit] Etymology[edit] ná + -r Pronunciation[edit] Conjunction[edit] nár (triggers lenition except of past autonomous forms) - that... not (used to introduce a negated subordinate clause with a past tense verb, except for some irregular verbs)
- Dúirt sé nár chuir sé an gloine ar an tábla.
- He said that he didn't put the glass on the table.
- Tá súil agam nár cailleadh é.
- I hope he didn't die.
Related terms[edit] - gur (used with affirmative clauses)
- nach (used with nonpast tenses and with some irregular verbs even in the past)
Particle[edit] nár (triggers lenition except of past autonomous forms) - may... not (used with the present subjunctive to express a negative wish)
- Nár fhille sé!
- May he not return!
- Nár lige Dia! — God forbid! (literally 'May God not permit')
- didn't...? (used to introduce a negative question in the past tense, except with some irregular verbs)
- Nár chuala tú mé?
- Didn't you hear me?
- that... not (used with past tenses except of some irregular verbs)
- Dúirt sé nár oibrigh sé ansin.
- He said he didn't work there.
- which/who... not (used with past tenses except of some irregular verbs)
- an fear nár chabhraigh mé — the man who didn't help me
Related terms[edit] - (may... not): go (used with affirmative clauses)
Particle[edit] nár (triggers lenition, before vowels nárbh) (introduces negative past/conditional copular clauses of various kinds) - wasn't/wouldn't... be? (used to introduce a negative question)
- Nár mhaith leat cupán tae?
- Wouldn't you like a cup of tea?
- which/who wasn't/wouldn't be (used to introduce both direct and indirect relative clauses)
- an bhean nár mhúinteoir í — the woman who wasn't a teacher
- an bhean nár mhaith léi bainne — the wom who didn't like milk
- that... it wasn't/wouldn't be; whether/if... it wasn't/wouldn't be (used to introduce a negative past/conditional copular subordinate clause, including an indirect question)
- Dúirt sí nár mhaith léi cupán tae.
- She said that she wouldn't like a cup of tea
- Ní raibh a fhios agam nár mhaith léi cupán tae.
- I didn't know whether she would like a cup of tea.
Related terms[edit] Irish copular forms Simple copular forms | Present/future |
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| Affirmative | Negative | Interrogative | Neg. inter. |
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| Main clauses | is | ní | an | nach | | Direct relative clauses | nach | |
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| Indirect relative clauses | ar, arbv | | Other subordinate clauses | gur, gurbv | an | nach | | Past/conditional |
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| Affirmative | Negative | Interrogative | Neg. inter. |
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| Main clauses | ba, b'v | níor, níorbhv | ar, arbhv | nár, nárbhv | | Direct relative clauses | ba, abv | nár, nárbhv | |
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| Indirect relative clauses | ar, arbhv | | Other subordinate clauses | gur, gurbhv | ar, arbhv | nár, nárbhv | | Present subjunctive | |
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| Affirmative | Negative |
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| gura, gurabv | nára, nárabv |
| | Compound copular forms | Base word | Present/future | Past/conditional |
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| má | más | má ba, má b'v | | ó | ós | ó ba, ó b'v | | dá | | dá mba, dá mb'v |
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| mura | mura, murabv | murar, murarbhv | | sula | sular, sularbv | sular, sularbhv | | cé | cér, cérbv | cér, cérbhv | | cá | cár, cárbv | cár, cárbhv | | de/do | dar, darbv | dar, darbhv | | faoi | faoinar, faoinarbv | faoinar, faoinarbhv | | i | inar, inarbv | inar, inarbhv | | le | lenar, lenarbv | lenar, lenarbhv | | ó | ónar, ónarbv | ónar, ónarbhv | | trí | trínar, trínarbv | trínar, trínarbhv |
| | Note: Forms marked v are used before a vowel sound. |
Old Norse[edit] Etymology[edit] From Proto-Germanic *nawiz, *nawaz, whence also Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍃 (naus, "corpse"). nár m (genitive nás) - a corpse
- a deceased person
Derived terms[edit] Descendants[edit] References[edit]  |