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na.

no

2 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

intj/naː//na/

  1. no

Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh nac, from Proto-Brythonic *nag, from Proto-Celtic *nekʷe, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *né (negative particle) + *-kʷe (“and”). Cognate with Old Irish nach and Latin neque.

conj/naː//na/

  1. that … not (introduces a negative noun clause)

    triggers-mutation-mixed
    Mae e’n dweud na fydd e’n mynd.
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh nac, from Proto-Brythonic *nag, from Proto-Celtic *nekʷe, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *né (negative particle) + *-kʷe (“and”). Cognate with Old Irish nach and Latin neque.

conj/na(ː)/

  1. than

  2. neither, nor

Where this word comes from

Variant of no(g), probably from rebracketing of the comparative “*-achn o” as “-ach no”.

particle/naː//na/

  1. not (in answers and tag questions)

    triggers-mutation-mixed

  2. don’t (with verbs in the imperative mood)

    literary · triggers-mutation-mixed
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh nac, from Proto-Brythonic *nag, from Proto-Celtic *nekʷe, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *né (negative particle) + *-kʷe (“and”). Cognate with Old Irish nach and Latin neque.

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