núa
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "nua"
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse gnúa, from Proto-Germanic *ganū(w)aną, cognate with Gothic 𐌱𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 (bnauan).
Pronunciation
Verb
núa (ri-verb, third-person singular past indicative neri or néri, supine núið)
Usage notes
- One of the four ri-verbs in Icelandic, the other being snúa (“to turn”), gróa (“to grow; to heal”) and róa (“to row”).
- As with the other ri-verbs, the past tense neri was originally pronounced with an e sound but is today pronounced with a é sound. There are therefore two spelling variants used: neri and néri. The Icelandic Ministry of Education considers both variants to be equally correct, but many speakers consider the original neri spelling to be the more correct one.
Synonyms
- (to rub): nudda
Derived terms
References
Middle Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish nuae, from Proto-Celtic *nouyos (compare Welsh newydd, Breton nevez), from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.
Pronunciation
Adjective
núa
Descendants
Mutation
| Middle Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| núa | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “núa, núae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Shuar
Noun
núa
- Alternative spelling of nua
References
- Chicham: Dictionario Enciclopédico Shuar-Castellano