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nag
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?næ?/
- (North American also) IPA(key): /ne??/, IPA(key): /n??/
- Rhymes: -æ?
Etymology 1
From Middle English nagge, cognate with Dutch negge.
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.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra, III. x. 11:
- Yon ribaudred nag of Egypt – Whom leprosy o'ertake!
- 1598, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra, III. x. 11:
Coordinate terms
- (old useless horse): bum (racing)
Translations
Etymology 2
Probably from a North Germanic source; compare Swedish nagga (“to gnaw, grumble”), Danish nage, Icelandic nagga (“to complain”).
Verb
nag (third-person singular simple present nags, present participle nagging, simple past and past participle nagged)
- (transitive, intransitive) To continuously 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.
- The notion that he forgot something nagged him the rest of the day.
- 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
- (bother with thoughts or memories): haunt
- (persistently bother or annoy): worry
Derived terms
- nag screen
- nagware
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 at OneLook Dictionary Search
- nag in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- AGN, ANG, GAN, GNA, GaN, Gan, NGA, gan
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch nacht (“night”), from Middle Dutch nacht, from Old Dutch naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nók?ts.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /na?/
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: -a?
- Rhymes: -a??
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: -a?k
Verb
nag
- singular imperative of nagen
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of nagen
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *nag?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nog?ós (“naked”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nâ??/
Adjective
n?g (definite n?g?, Cyrillic spelling ????)
- naked
Declension
Synonyms
- g?l, g?
Derived terms
- nág?st
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *nag?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nog?ós (“naked”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ná?k/
Adjective
n?g (not comparable)
- naked
Inflection
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, portal Fran
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *nek?e, a combination of Proto-Indo-European *ne (negative particle) and *-k?e (“and”); compare Latin neque.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /na?/
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???/
Noun
nag
- rain
Derived terms
- los nag
Wolof
Noun
nag (definite form nag wi)
- cow, cattle
Zhuang
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *na?k? (“otter”). Cognate with Thai ??? (nâak), Ahom ???????????? (nak).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /na?k?/
- Tone numbers: nag8
- Hyphenation: nag
Noun
nag (Sawndip forms ???? or ? or ???? or ???? or ?, old orthography nag)
- otter
- Synonym: duznag
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beg
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /b??/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From Middle English beggen, assimilation from Old English *becgan, *bedcan, *bedican, syncopated variants of bedecian (“to beg”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *bedagô (“petitioner; requestor; beggar”), from *bed?, *bed? (“prayer; request”). Related to North Frisian b?dagi (“to pray”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (bidagwa, “beggar”), Old English biddan (“to ask”). More at bid, bead. See Norwegian Bokmål be (“beg, ask”).
Verb
beg (third-person singular simple present begs, present participle begging, simple past and past participle begged)
- (intransitive) To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
- (transitive) To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.
- Synonym: supplicate
- [Joseph] begged the body of Jesus.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 5
- But that same day came Sam Tewkesbury to the Why Not? about nightfall, and begged a glass of rum, being, as he said, 'all of a shake' [...]
- (transitive) In the phrase beg the question: to assume.
- (transitive, proscribed) In the phrase beg the question: to raise (a question).
- Antonym: set aside
- (transitive, law, obsolete) To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.
- a. 1612, John Harington, Epigrams
- Else some will beg thee, in the court of wards.
- a. 1612, John Harington, Epigrams
Usage notes
This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Derived terms
- beg the question
- beg to differ
- go begging
- soft begging
Translations
Noun
beg (plural begs)
- The act of begging; an imploring request.
See also
- beggar
Etymology 2
From Ottoman Turkish ??? (beg).
Noun
beg (plural begs)
- A provincial governor under the Ottoman Empire; a bey.
Translations
Etymology 3
Noun
beg
- (knitting) Abbreviation of beginning.
- 2005, DRG Dynamic Resource, House of White Birches, Big Book of Knit Hats & Scarves for Everyone (page 34)
- Knit with MC until work measures 3 inches from beg.
- 2005, DRG Dynamic Resource, House of White Birches, Big Book of Knit Hats & Scarves for Everyone (page 34)
Further reading
- beg on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- GBE, GEB, Gbe, Geb, bge
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ??? (beg).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?x/
- Hyphenation: beg
Noun
beg m (plural begs)
- (historical) Alternative form of bei.
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from English bag.
Noun
beg (Jawi spelling ???)
- bag
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish bec, from Proto-Celtic *bikkos (“small”).
Adjective
beg (plural beggey, comparative loo, superlative sloo)
- small
Mutation
References
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “bec”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ??? (“ruler”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bê?/
Noun
b?g m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- (regional) master, lord
Declension
Derived terms
- bekstvo
- bežanje
- prebeg
References
- “beg” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
Slovene
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *b?g?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bé?k/
Noun
b??g m inan
- run
- getaway
- escape
- withdrawal
- (phrase) flight
Inflection
Etymology 2
From Turkish bey.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bé?k/
Noun
b??g m anim
- bey (Turkish governor)
Inflection
Further reading
- “beg”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from English beg.
Noun
beg (nominative plural begs)
- request, an action of begging
Declension
Zhuang
Etymology
From Chinese ? (MC b?æk?).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /pe?k?/
- Tone numbers: beg8
- Hyphenation: beg
Adjective
beg (Sawndip form ?, old orthography beg)
- (bound) white
Adverb
beg (Sawndip form ?, old orthography beg)
- in vain; for nothing
- for free; free of charge
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