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I70 VOCABULARY
(d) It is used with a dependent subjunctive, e.g. nád
chumaing ara-n-ísar, which cannot be foimd, 196 : cf. 63,
82, 155, 173, 176, 198.
1. ná, nor.
2. ná, not. Used (a) with the imperative, e.g. 88, 90, 93 ; {b) in
relative or dependent negation, e. g. ná-n°- , 160, anná 306, 308.
nach, nom. acc. neut. na, any.
nách-, usedfor 2. nábefore an infixed pronoun, e.g. 72,91, loi,
204, etc.
nád, not, in relative or dependent negation (it aspirates except
where it is followed by relative n), e.g. 67, 83, 105, 116, 163,
183, 196, 228, 240, 251, etc.
námae, g. námat, m. enemy.
-^nammá, only.
náte, nay !
nech, any one, anything ; g. neich, d. neuch, nom. acc. neut.
ní, na ní. Before a relative verb : do neuch as doraid, con-
cerning whatever is difficult, 138 ; do neuch no-d n-eirbea
ind, to zvhomsoever shall trust in Him, 161, cf. 290.
nechtar, either of two. nechtar n-aí, either of them.
nem, g. nime, n. heaven.
neph-chomthetarrachte, incomprehensible.
nert, g. neirt, n. strength.
nertad, g. nerto, nerta, m. strengthening , exhortation.
neutur, g. neutair, n. neuter.
-ni : see Emphasizing Pronoun (Paradigms).
i". ní : see nech.
2. ní, not ; in independent negation. See note on 2.
nícon',' not ; in independent negation.
no, nu, verbal particle. It is used («) regularly with the impf.
ind., past subj., and sec. fut. of simple verbs, when they are
not preceded by any particle which requires the conjunct
form of the verb ; {b) under similar conditions, in other parts
of the simple verb to infix a personal pronoun or relative -n-;
{c) in some parts of the verb in a relative function : see note
on 7.
nó* , or, commonIy written í.
noch is, that is to say.
noíb, holy, a saint.
■ In later O. Ir. also with eclipsis of a dental, Ml. 53*17.