naar
See also: når
Dutch
Alternative forms
- naer (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naːr/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: naar
- Rhymes: -aːr
Etymology 1
From earlier naer, from Middle Dutch nâer, from Old Dutch *nār, from Proto-West Germanic *nāhuriʀ(ō), from Proto-Germanic *nēhwiz. Originally the comparative of na, which is in Modern Dutch nader.
Compare also English near, Swedish när, and Danish & Norwegian når.
Preposition
naar
- to, towards in time, space, consequence, purpose etc.
- (dated) according to, in accordance with
- naar het Evangelie van Mattheüs
- according to the gospel of Matthew
Declension
Pronominal adverbs of naar
Derived terms
Descendants
- Javindo: naar
- Jersey Dutch: nâr
- Negerhollands: na
- → Virgin Islands Creole: na (dated)
- Petjo: naar
- Skepi Creole Dutch: na
- → Papiamentu: na
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch naer, nare (“tight, sad”), from Old Dutch *naro (“narrow”), from Proto-West Germanic *naru, from Proto-Germanic *narwaz (“narrow, tight, constricted”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ner- (“turn, bend, twist, constrict”).
Cognate with Low German naar (“ghastly, dismal”), West Frisian near (“narrow”), English narrow; compare also German Narbe (“scar, closed wound”). More at narrow.
Adjective
naar (comparative naarder, superlative naarst)
Declension
| Declension of naar | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | naar | |||
| inflected | nare | |||
| comparative | naarder | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | naar | naarder | het naarst het naarste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | nare | naardere | naarste |
| n. sing. | naar | naarder | naarste | |
| plural | nare | naardere | naarste | |
| definite | nare | naardere | naarste | |
| partitive | naars | naarders | — | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: naar
Semai
| < 1 | 2 | 3 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : naar Ordinal : inaar | ||
Alternative forms
Numeral
naar[1]
Synonyms
- duwaaq
- duwè
Derived terms
- inaar
- rimnaar
References
- ^ Basrim bin Ngah Aching (2008) Kamus Engròq Semay – Engròq Malaysia, Kamus Bahasa Semai – Bahasa Malaysia, Bangi: Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Yola
Adverb
naar
- alternative form of near
- 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 2:
- Fo naar had looke var to be brides,
- Who never had luck to be brides,
References
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)[1], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131