different between nab vs nav

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /næb/
• Rhymes: -æb

Etymology 1

From dialectal nap (“to seize, lay hold of”), probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Swedish nappa (“to pluck, pinch”).

Related to Danish nappe (“to tweak, snatch at, catch, seize”), Swedish nappa (“to take, grab, pinch”), Norwegian nappe (“to pluck”).

Alternative forms

• knab

Verb

nab (third-person singular simple present nabs, present participle nabbing, simple past and past participle nabbed)

1. (informal, transitive) To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive).
   • 1887, Anna Katharine Green, 7 to 12, A Detective Story, G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 2:

     As I was going out of the door, a fellow detective came hurriedly in. "Nabbed them," cried he.
2. (informal, transitive) To grab or snatch something.

Synonyms

• (arrest a criminal or fugitive): nick, bust, cop

Derived terms

• nabber
• kidnap

Translations

Etymology 2

Compare knap, knop, knob.

Noun

nab (plural nabs)

1. The summit of an eminence.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

2. The cock of a gunlock.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)

3. (locksmithing) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “nab”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• ABN, BAN, BNA, Ban, NBA, ban

Northern Kurdish

Adjective

nab

1. pure

Southeastern Tepehuan

Etymology

Cognate with Northern Tepehuan návoi, O'odham nav, Central Tarahumara napó, Mayo naabo, Hopi naavu.

Noun

nab

1. prickly pear cactus (clarification of this definition is needed)

Derived terms

• nab junma?n

References

• R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)?^[2] (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 132

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *?na? (“snake”). Cognate with Iu Mien naang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na?/

Noun

nab

1. snake.
2. worm.

Derived terms

• cua nab (“earthworm”)
• ntses nab (“eel”)
• nab qa (“lizard”)

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary?^[3], SEAP Publications, ?ISBN.

English

Etymology

From navigation, abbreviation.

Pronunciation

Noun

nav (uncountable)

1. (transport, military, Internet) Navigation. Often used attributively, as in nav beacon.

Derived terms

• sat nav

Verb

nav (third-person singular simple present navs, present participle navving, simple past and past participle navved)

1. (informal) to navigate

Anagrams

• AVN, NVA, VAN, Van, Van., van

Angloromani

Etymology

From Romani nav.

Noun

nav

1. name

   Synonyms: lab, lav

References

• “nav” in The Manchester Romani Project, Angloromani Dictionary.

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *naw, from Proto-Celtic *nawan, from Proto-Indo-European *h?néwn?.

Pronunciation

Numeral

nav

1. nine

See also

• (cardinal number): Previous: eizh. Next: dek

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse n?f (“nave”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?nob?- (“navel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nav/, [naw], [naw?]

Noun

nav n (singular definite navet, plural indefinite nav)

1. nave (a hub of a wheel)

Declension

Further reading

• “nav” in Den Danske Ordbog

Latvian

Etymology

Reduced form of navaid from nevaid (both still attested in Latvian dialects), originally the negative form of vaid (“to be located, to be”). (G. F. Stenders, in his 1774 grammar, mentions under nevaid the reduced forms neva, nava and even nav' with an apostrophe.) This form replaced an earlier neir, neira (from ir, ira); compare Latvian n?rà. Forms of vaid are occasionally attested in folk tales and songs; A. B?lenšteins once heard its infinitive form vaist. It was probably an old perfect form, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, to know”) (“to see (around, where one is)” > “to find oneself, to be located, to be”); cf. Lithuanian vaidalas (“apparition, ghost”).

Verb

nav

1. (he, she, it) is not; 3rd person singular present indicative form of neb?t
2. (they) are not; 3rd person plural present indicative form of neb?t
3. (with the particle lai) let (him, her, it) not be; 3rd person singular imperative form of neb?t
4. (with the particle lai) let them not be; 3rd person plural imperative form of b?t

References

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From an earlier *nam, related to Persian ???? (nâm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??v/

Noun

nav m

1. name

Derived terms

• bênav
• hevenav m
• komenav m
• kurtenav m
• navdêr f
• pê?nav m
• serenav m

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse n?f f

Noun

nav n (definite singular navet, indefinite plural nav, definite plural nava or navene)

1. a hub (centre of a wheel)

References

• “nav” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse n?f f

Noun

nav n (definite singular navet, indefinite plural nav, definite plural nava)

1. a hub (centre of a wheel)

References

• “nav” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?na?/

Noun

nav f

1. ship

Romani

Alternative forms

• anav

Noun

nav m (plural nava)

1. name

Descendants

• Angloromani: nav

References

• Y?suke Sumi (2018) , “nav”, in ??????????????????? [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, ?ISBN, page 140

Romansch

Alternative forms

• nev (Puter)

Etymology

From Latin n?vis.

Noun

nav f (plural navs)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) ship

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish navan, cognate with English nave.

Noun

nav n

1. a hub (central part of a wheel)

Declension

Related terms

• navborr
• navkapsel

References

• nav in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• nav in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• anv., van, van-