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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Variant of νή (nḗ, “yea”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nǎi̯/ → /nɛ/ → /ne/
Adverb
ναί • (naí)
- (used to express strong affirmation) yea, verily
- (in oaths)
- (in answers) yes
- (with ἀλλά (allá, “but”) or similar words, as a qualified assent) yes...but
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References
Further reading
- “ναί”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ναί”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ναί”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ναί in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ναί in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ναί”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G3483 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.