най

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See also: най-, наи-, нај-, and на̄й

Central Mansi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Pronoun

най (naj) (Konda)

  1. you (singular)
    Synonyms: нан (nan), нян (nân), нанг (nang)

Declension

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

See also

Eastern Mansi personal pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person ам (am) мен (men), менг (meng) ман (man)
2nd person нанг (nang), нан (nan), най (naj), нян (nân) нэй (nèj) нан (nan)
3rd person тав (tav) тэн (tèn) тан (tan)

References

  • E. A. Kuzakova (2001) “най”, in Мансийско-русский словарь (кондинский диалект мансийского языка), По рассказу П. К. Чейметова «Ворыяп хумый» («Два охотника») [Mansi-Russian dictionary (Kondinsky dialect of the Mansi language), Based on the story by P. K. Cheymetov “Ворыяп хумый” (“Two Hunters”)]‎, Kondinsky district: local history museum, →ISBN, page 50

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *naï, only preserved in Mongolian and Kalmyk нә (, hope, trust), elsewhere only surviving through its derivatives.

Pronunciation

Noun

най (naj) (Mongolian spelling ᠨᠠᠢ (nai))

  1. friendship, trust

Derived terms

Nanai

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *ńārī, compare Even няри (ņari), Manchu ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠ (niyalma), Udihe нӣ.

Noun

най (naj)

  1. man, person

Northern Khanty

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

най (naj) (Kazym)

  1. fire
    Synonym: тўт (tŭt)
  2. (sublime) woman
  3. goddess

References

  • Elena Skribnik, editor (2016), Ob-Ugric Database: analysed text corpora and dictionaries for less described Ob-Ugric dialects, University of Munich
  • Solovar, V. N. (2014) “най”, in Хантыйско-русский Словарь (казымский диалект) [Khanty-Russian Dictionary (Kazym Dialect)]‎, Khanty-Mansiysk: ООО «ФОРМАТ», →ISBN, page 195

Pannonian Rusyn

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Slovak naj, from Proto-Slavic *najь.

Particle

най (naj)

  1. may, let

Conjunction

най (naj)

  1. in order to, to
  2. if, if only

Etymology 2

From the superlative prefix най- (naj-), from Proto-Slavic *naj-.

Adjective

най (naj) (not comparable)

  1. the best, the most, the greatest
    буц у шицким найbuc u šickim najto be the best in everything
prefixes

Further reading

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *najь, a contraction of *ne xaji (do not touch). Compare неха́й (nexáj).

Particle

най (naj)

  1. may, let (expressing a wish)
    Synonyms: хай (xaj), неха́й (nexáj)
    Най щасти́ть!Naj ščastýtʹ!Good luck! (literally, “May one get lucky!”)

Conjunction

най (naj)

  1. so that, in order that, in order to
    Synonyms: щоб (ščob), що́би (ščóby), аби́ (abý)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Romanian nai.

Noun

най (najm inan (genitive на́ю, nominative plural на́ї, genitive plural на́їв)

  1. (music) nai (flute)
Declension

References