nag

== Translingual == === Etymology === Clipping of English Naga Pidgin. === Symbol === nag (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Naga Pidgin. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Naga Pidgin terms == English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnæɡ/ IPA(key): (North American also) /neɪɡ/, /nɛɡ/ Rhymes: -æɡ Homophone: Knagg === Etymology 1 === From Middle English nagg, nage, nagge (“horse, small riding horse, pony”), cognate with Dutch negge, neg (“horse”), German Nickel (“small horse”). Perhaps related to English neigh. ==== Noun ==== nag (plural nags) A small horse; a pony. An old, useless horse. Synonyms: (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal, archaic) aver, dobbin, hack, jade, plug (obsolete, derogatory) A paramour. ===== Coordinate terms ===== (old useless horse): bum (racing) ===== Derived terms ===== padnag shanks' nag ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Probably from a North Germanic source; compare Swedish nagga (“to gnaw, grumble”), Danish nage (“to nag, bother”), Icelandic nagga (“to complain”). Compare typologically fret, Bulgarian глождя (gloždja), Russian глода́ть (glodátʹ), грызть (gryztʹ), по́едом есть (pójedom jestʹ), е́дкий (jédkij). ==== Verb ==== nag (third-person singular simple present nags, present participle nagging, simple past and past participle nagged) (ambitransitive) To repeatedly remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters. Anyone would think that I nagged at you, Amanda! (From Amanda! by Robin Klein) To bother with persistent thoughts or memories. To bother or disturb persistently in any way. a nagging pain in his left knee a nagging north wind ===== Synonyms ===== (continually remind or complain): ride, sit on (bother with thoughts or memories): haunt (persistently bother or annoy): worry ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== gnaw ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== nag (plural nags) Someone or something that nags. A repeated complaint or reminder. A persistent, bothersome thought or worry. ===== Synonyms ===== (person who nags): See Thesaurus:shrew ===== Derived terms ===== nagless ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== nag Misspelling of knack. === References === “nag”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “nag”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === See also === nag champa === Anagrams === AGN, ANG, GAN, GNA, GaN, Gan, NGA, gan == Afrikaans == === Etymology === Inherited from Dutch nacht, from Middle Dutch nacht, from Old Dutch naht, from Proto-West Germanic *naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /naχ/ === Noun === nag (plural nagte) The period between sunset and sunrise, when the sky is dark; night. (countable) darkness. == Colán == === Noun === nag moon == Danish == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aː Rhymes: -aːɡ === Noun === nag n (singular definite naget, not used in plural form) grudge ==== Derived terms ==== bære nag === Verb === nag imperative of nage == Gaikundi == === Noun === nag sago === Further reading === Gaikundi-Ontena Organised Phonology Data (2011) == German == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aːk === Verb === nag singular imperative of nagen (colloquial) first-person singular present of nagen == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nagъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nōˀgás, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (“naked”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nâːɡ/ === Adjective === nȃg (Cyrillic spelling на̑г, definite nȃgī) naked Synonyms: gȏl, gȏ ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== nágōst == Slovene == === Etymology === From Proto-Slavic *nagъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (“naked”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /náːk/ === Adjective === nȃg (not comparable) naked ==== Declension ==== This adjective needs an inflection-table template. ==== Synonyms ==== gòl (more formal) ==== Derived terms ==== nágost === Further reading === “nag”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026 == Welsh == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *nekʷe, a combination of Proto-Indo-European *né (negative particle) and *-kʷe (“and”); compare Latin neque. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /naɡ/ === Particle === nag not (in answers and tag questions) ==== Usage notes ==== Used before a vowel, but not when that vowel has resulted from the soft mutation of g. Thus na + gallan becomes na allan, not *nag allan. ==== Alternative forms ==== na (used before a consonant) == White Hmong == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /na˧˩̤/ === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Hmong *m-noŋᶜ (“rain”); likely related to Proto-Mien *mbluŋᶜ (“id”) and Proto-Mon-Khmer *pliɲ ~ *[p]liiɲ ~ *[p]liəɲ (“sky”), whence Khmer ភ្លៀង (phliəng, “id”). ==== Noun ==== nag (classifier: kob (for showers), phau (for a period of rain)) rain ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== nag used to denote days different from today: short for nag hmo (“yesterday”) used in nag kis (“the day after tomorrow”) === References === Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979), White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 135. == Wolof == === Etymology === Cognate with Fula nagge. === Noun === nag (definite form nag wi) cow, cattle == Zhuang == === Etymology === From Proto-Tai *naːkᴰ (“otter”). Cognate with Thai นาก (nâak), Lao ນາກ (nāk), Tai Dam ꪙꪱꪀ, Tày nạc, Ahom 𑜃𑜀𑜫 (nak). === Pronunciation === (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /naːk˧/ Tone numbers: nag8 Hyphenation: nag === Noun === nag (Sawndip forms 𤜽 or 纳 or 𭸐 or 𭸢 or 那, 1957–1982 spelling nag) otter Synonym: duznag