nahi
See also: nahí
Basque
Etymology
From Proto-Basque *na(h)i.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /nahi/ [na.hi]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /nai̯/ [nai̯]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ahi, -i
- Rhymes: -ai̯
- Hyphenation: na‧hi
Noun
nahi inan
Usage notes
Mostly used in the compound verb phrase nahi izan (“to want”).
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | nahi | nahia | nahiak |
| ergative | nahik | nahiak | nahiek |
| dative | nahiri | nahiari | nahiei |
| genitive | nahiren | nahiaren | nahien |
| comitative | nahirekin | nahiarekin | nahiekin |
| causative | nahirengatik | nahiarengatik | nahiengatik |
| benefactive | nahirentzat | nahiarentzat | nahientzat |
| instrumental | nahiz | nahiaz | nahiez |
| inessive | nahitan | nahian | nahietan |
| locative | nahitako | nahiko | nahietako |
| allative | nahitara | nahira | nahietara |
| terminative | nahitaraino | nahiraino | nahietaraino |
| directive | nahitarantz | nahirantz | nahietarantz |
| destinative | nahitarako | nahirako | nahietarako |
| ablative | nahitatik | nahitik | nahietatik |
| partitive | nahirik | — | — |
| prolative | nahitzat | — | — |
Further reading
- “nahi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “nahi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Old High German
Etymology
Noun
nāhī f
Declension
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nāhī | — |
| accusative | nāhī | — |
| genitive | nāhī | — |
| dative | nāhī | — |
Descendants
Unami
Particle
nahi
- downstream
- Antonym: nalahi
Related terms
- nahuxwe
References
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “nahi”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nȃgъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnaɦi/
- Rhymes: -aɦi
- Hyphenation: na‧hi
- Syllabification: na‧hi
Adjective
nahi (comparative nahiši, superlative najnahiši, absolute superlative nanajnahiši, excessive přenahi, adverb naho)
Declension
Declension of nahi
| singular | dual | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | virile | nonvirile | virile | nonvirile | ||
| personal/animal | inanimate | |||||||
| nominative, vocative | nahi | nahe | naha | nahaj nahej |
nahej | nazy | nahe | |
| genitive | naheho nahoh¹ |
naheje | naheju | nahich | ||||
| dative | nahemu nahom¹ |
nahej | nahimaj | nahim | ||||
| accusative | naheho nahoh¹ |
nahi | nahe | nahu | naheju | nahej | nahich | nahe |
| instrumental | nahim | nahej | nahimaj | nahimi | ||||
| locative | nahich | |||||||
¹ Poetic or colloquial.
References
- “nahi” in Soblex