enough

== English == === Alternative forms === enow (archaic, often plural) anough (obsolete) aneuch, eneuch, eneugh (Scotland) 'nough enuf (may be used by advocates of English spelling reform) enuff === Etymology === From Middle English ynogh, from Old English ġenōg (“enough”), from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz (“enough”) (compare Scots eneuch, West Frisian genôch, Dutch genoeg, German genug, Low German (ge)noog, Danish nok, Swedish nog, Icelandic nógur), from *ganuganą 'to suffice' (compare Old English ġeneah), or from *ga- + an unattested *nōgaz, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nó(n)ḱe (“he has reached, attained”), perfective of *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”) (compare Old Irish tánaic (“he arrived”), Latin nancisci (“to get”), Albanian kënaq (“to please, satisfy”).). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈnʌf/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪˈnʌf/, /i-/, /ə-/ Rhymes: -ʌf === Determiner === enough Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate. Used before a noun in the manner of words like some, a bit of, and so on. (archaic) Used after a noun. ==== Usage notes ==== When used after a noun, the article is omitted, and it often describes an inherent adjectival quality of that noun rather than a tangible portion. Thus one hears: He is man enough for the job He is the man enough for the job. He is a man enough for the job. ==== Descendants ==== Sranan Tongo: nofo ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === enough Sufficiently. Fully; quite; used after adjectives to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very. Used after certain adverbs to emphasise that a quality is notable, unexpected, etc. ==== Usage notes ==== As an adverb, in modern English, enough almost always follows the verb, adjective or adverb that it qualifies. In older language and certain dialects, cases where it precedes the modified word, e.g. "He was enough satisfied" or "I was not enough recompensed", may be seen. The archaic form enow was remarked as early as Samuel Johnson to be used for plural nouns. ==== Translations ==== === Pronoun === enough A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc. ==== Translations ==== === Interjection === enough! Stop! Don't do that any more! ==== Translations ==== === Noun === enough (plural enoughs) (rare, chiefly in the plural) An instance of being sufficient, or of doing something sufficiently. === Derived terms ===