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See also: NAH and Nah.

Translingual

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Symbol

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nah

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Nahuan languages.
  2. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Nahuatl.

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English

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Etymology 1

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Colloquial/unarticulated form of no +‎ -uh. Compare yeah = yes +‎ -uh.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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nah

  1. (informal) No.
    Synonym: naw
    Nah, I'd win.
Translations
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Malay nah. Unrelated to nah mean.

Interjection

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nah

  1. (Manglish, Singlish) here! (when giving something).
    Nah, take this.Here, take this.

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Anagrams

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Achang

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Pronunciation

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  • (Myanmar) /na˦˧/

Pronoun

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nah

  1. your (2nd-person singular possessive pronoun)

Further reading

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  • Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon[1], Payap University, page 84

Big Nambas

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *nago.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nah

  1. face
  2. front
    iter a nah nəmah
    It is in front of the house.

References

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  • Big Nambas Grammar, Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*nago”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

German

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Alternative forms

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  • nahe (dated or very formal; also a preposition, which is formal too)

Etymology

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    Inherited from Middle High German nāh, from Old High German nāh. Compare English nigh. Doublet of nach.

    Pronunciation

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    Adjective

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    nah (strong nominative masculine singular naher, comparative näher, superlative am nächsten)

    1. near (in space or time or in an abstract sense), close, nearby
      Antonym: fern
      Ich plane in naher Zukunft eine Reise nach Deutschland.
      I'm planning a trip to Germany in the near future.
      • 1903, Fanny zu Reventlow, “Ellen Olestjerne”, in Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow: Gesammelte Werke, Albert Langen, page 573:
        Ellen stand am Fenster und hörte durch Herbstwind und Regen vom nahen Bahnhof herüber die Züge pfeifen.
        Ellen stood at the window and heard the trains whistling from the nearby station through autumn wind and rain.

    Declension

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    Derived terms

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    Adverb

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    nah

    1. near (in space or time or in an abstract sense)
      Antonyms: weit, fern

    Further reading

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    • nah”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[2] (in German)
    • nah” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    • nah” in OpenThesaurus.de

    Indonesian

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Malay nah, probably onomatopoeic.

    Pronunciation

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    Conjunction

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    nah

    1. Used to conclude a speech or train of thought; now; so; right; okay
      Nah, itu yang tidak bisa kita ketahui.Now, that's what we haven't been able to find out.
      Lalu saya dipecat dengan tidak hormat. Nah, ini yang minimbulkan perasaan bahwa itu keterlaluan.
      Then I was given a dishonourable dismissal. Now, this is what made me feel that they had over-stepped the mark.

    Interjection

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    nah

    1. I told you so! See?! (at long last the penny's dropped)
      Nah! Makanya jangan makan buah banyak-banyak (a mother scolding a child who has a stomachache)
      See?! That's why you shouldn't eat a lot of fruit.

    Low German

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    Preposition

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    nah

    1. (Low Prussian) alternative form of nao (to, towards)

    Malay

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    Etymology

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    Probably onomatopoeic.

    Pronunciation

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    Interjection

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    nah (Jawi spelling نه)

    1. here! (when giving something).
      Nah! Ambil ini.
      Here! Take this.

    Further reading

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    • "nah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

    Mokilese

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    Noun

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    nah (construct nihn)

    1. (one's) child
    2. (one's) small object

    Usage notes

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    Like many terms in Mokilese, nah has no non-possessive form; the third person singular possessive form (one's/his/her/its child) is therefore treated as the lemma.

    Derived terms

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    References

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    • Harrison, Sheldon P.; Albert, Salich Y. (1977), Mokilese-English Dictionary[3], Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 168

    Munsee

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    Particle

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    náh

    1. there
      Téet náh apúw.Maybe he is there.

    References

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    • O'Meara, John (2014), “náh”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN

    Old English

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    Verb

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    nāh

    1. first/third-person singular present indicative of nāgan

    Old High German

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    Etymology 1

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      Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw, from *nēhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (to reach).

      Adjective

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      nāh

      1. close
      2. near
      Derived terms
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      Descendants
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      • Middle High German: nāch

      Etymology 2

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        From Proto-Germanic *nēhwiz.

        Preposition

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        nāh (takes dative)

        1. towards
        2. after (time)
        Descendants
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        Old Saxon

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        Etymology 1

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          Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw, from *nēhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (to reach).

          Adjective

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          nāh (comparative nāhiro, superlative nāhist)

          1. near
          2. close
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          Declension of nah
          Strong declension
          singular plural
          masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
          nominative nāh nāh nāh nāhe nāhu nāhe
          accusative nāhana nāh nāha nāhe nāhu nāhe
          genitive nāhes nāhes nāharo nāharō nāharō nāharō
          dative nāhumu nāhumu nāharo nāhum nāhum nāhum
          Weak declension
          singular plural
          masculine neuter feminine
          nominative nāho nāha nāha nāhu
          accusative nāhun nāha nāhun nāhun
          genitive nāhun nāhun nāhun nāhonō
          dative nāhun nāhun nāhun nāhum
          Comparative forms of nah (weak only)
          singular plural
          masculine neuter feminine
          nominative nāhiro nāhira nāhira nāhiru
          accusative nāhirun nāhira nāhirun nāhirun
          genitive nāhirun nāhirun nāhirun nāhironō
          dative nāhirun nāhirun nāhirun nāhirum
          Superlative forms of nah
          Strong declension
          singular plural
          masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
          nominative nāhist nāhist nāhist nāhiste nāhiste nāhistu
          accusative nāhistana nāhist nāhista nāhiste nāhiste nāhistu
          genitive nāhistes nāhistes nāhistaro nāhistarō nāhistarō nāhistarō
          dative nāhistumu nāhistumu nāhistaro nāhistum nāhistum nāhistum
          Weak declension
          singular plural
          masculine neuter feminine
          nominative nāhisto nāhista nāhista nāhistu
          accusative nāhistun nāhista nāhistun nāhistun
          genitive nāhistun nāhistun nāhistun nāhistonō
          dative nāhistun nāhistun nāhistun nāhistum
          Descendants
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          • Middle Low German: nâch,
            • German Low German: na
            • Plautdietsch: no
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          Etymology 2

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          From Proto-West Germanic *nāhuriʀ(ō).

          Preposition

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          nāh (takes dative)

          1. to, towards

          Turkish

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          Etymology

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          From either Bulgarian, Macedonian, or Serbo-Croatian на.

          Pronunciation

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          Interjection

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          nah

          1. (informal) lo!, there it is!
            Nah bu kadar bir boyu vardı.
            Lo, it had a size that big.
          2. (vulgar) Makes the following word negative
            Nah yaparsın!
            You'll do shit!
          3. (vulgar) accompanies the fig sign (compare Russian кукиш)