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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)

  1. A small horse; a pony.
  2. An old, useless horse.
    Synonyms: (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal, archaic) aver, dobbin, hack, jade, plug
  3. (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!
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)

  1. (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)
  1. To bother with persistent thoughts or memories.
    The notion that he forgot something nagged him the rest of the day.
  2. 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)

  1. Someone or something that nags.
  2. A repeated complaint or reminder.
  3. A persistent, bothersome thought or worry
Synonyms
  • (person who nags): See Thesaurus:shrew
Derived terms
  • nagless
Translations

Etymology 3

Noun

nag

  1. 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)

  1. The period between sunset and sunrise, when the sky is dark; night.
  2. (countable) darkness.

Colán

Noun

nag

  1. moon

Danish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a?
  • Rhymes: -a??

Noun

nag n (singular definite naget, not used in plural form)

  1. grudge

Derived terms

  • bære nag

Verb

nag

  1. imperative of nage

Gaikundi

Noun

nag

  1. sago

Further reading

  • Gaikundi-Ontena Organised Phonology Data (2011)

German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a?k

Verb

nag

  1. singular imperative of nagen
  2. (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 ????)

  1. 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)

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. rain

Derived terms

  • los nag

Wolof

Noun

nag (definite form nag wi)

  1. 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)

  1. otter
    Synonym: duznag

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nog

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /n??/
  • Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

nog (plural nogs)

  1. A wooden block, the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork.
  2. One of the square logs of wood used in a pile to support the roof of a mine.
  3. (shipbuilding) A treenail to fasten the shores.

Verb

nog (third-person singular simple present nogs, present participle nogging, simple past and past participle nogged)

  1. (transitive) to fill in, as between scantling, with brickwork.
  2. (transitive, shipbuilding) to fasten, as shores, with treenails.

Etymology 2

Noun

nog (plural nogs)

  1. Short for noggin.

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

nog (countable and uncountable, plural nogs)

  1. Abbreviation of eggnog.
  2. (obsolete) A kind of strong ale.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Etymology 4

Shortened from nig-nog.

Noun

nog (plural nogs)

  1. (offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur) A dark-skinned person; nig-nog.
  2. (Australia, dated, ethnic slur) A Vietnamese person.

Anagrams

  • -gon, NGO, Ngo, Ong, gon, gon', gon-

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch nog, from Middle Dutch noch, from Old Dutch noch (until now, still), from Proto-Germanic *nuh (still, literally now too), from Proto-Indo-European *nu (now) + *-k?e- (and, also).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /n??/

Adverb

nog

  1. still
  2. (with negation) yet

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch noch, from Old Dutch noch (until now, still), from Proto-Germanic *nuh (still, literally now too), from Proto-Indo-European *nu (now) + *-k?e- (and, also).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /n?x/
  • Rhymes: -?x
  • Homophone: noch

Adverb

nog

  1. still, as before
  2. (in negative phrases) yet
  3. (with an amount) more, in addition
  4. (with a time) to indicate the time is soon, soon after another event or within the same timespan ? as early as, already
    1862, Verslag van den staat der hooge-, middelbare en lagere scholen in het Koningkrijk der Nederlanden over 1859–1860, Algemeene Lands-Drukkerij, page 62:
    Zij trad in geene dezer gemeenten nog in 1859 in werking
    In none of these municipalities [the regulation] came in force as early as 1859
    1987, André Haakmat, De revolutie uitgegleden, Jan Mets, page 74:
    Toen bleek dat de Nederlandse ambassade onze zorgen deelde, werd besloten de minister met zijn delegatie nog de volgende dag te laten vertrekken.
    When it turned out that the Dutch embassy shared our concerns, it was decided to let the minister with his delegation leave the very next day.
    1996, Centraal Economisch Plan, Centraal Planbureau, page 12:
    Naar verwachting zal de groei van de Westeuropese economie zich nog dit jaar herstellen. Maar het is niet zeker of dit nog in de eerste jaarhelft zal aanvangen.
    It's expected that growth of the Western European economy will already recover this year. But it isn't certain if this will already start in the first half of the year.
    Note: nog is used much more often in Dutch than its English equivalents; it has been translated here for the sake of elucidation, but one might choose to not translate it at all in this case.
    2013, P.J. Risseeuw, Vrijheid en Brood, VBK Media:
    Nog de volgende dag reizen zij af.
    They depart the very next day.
  5. (with a time) to indicate the time is recent or just before another event ? as recently as, as late as, just
    1967, Kampioen, volume 82, issue 5, ANWB, page 307:
    De planoloog ir. G. C. Lange, directeur van de Provinciale Planologische Dienst van Zuid-Holland, heeft nog vorig jaar met klem betoogd dat Nederland de boot zal missen wanneer er geen Westerscheldetunnel (of brug) ligt als de Kanaaltunnel wordt opgesteld.
    The urban and country planner eng. G. C. Lange, director of the Provincial Planning Service of South Holland, has just last year strongly expressed the view that the Netherlands will miss the boat when there is no Western Scheldt Tunnel (or bridge) when the Channel Tunnel is opened to the public.
    2008, Alex van Heezik, Strijd om de Rivieren, Van Heezik Beleidsresearch in cooperation with Directoraat-Generaal Rijkswaterstaat/Ministerie van Verkeer en Waterstaat, page 127:
    Door de nieuwe kanalisatietechnieken was het nu ook mogelijk om een grillige rivier als de Maas ‘normaal te maken’ of, zoals dit door het hoofd van de rivierendienst van Rijkswaterstaat, ingenieur F.L. Schlingemann, nog in 1938 werd geformuleerd: door “groote werken aan 's menschen wil te onderwerpen”.
    Through the new canalisation techniques it became possible to ‘normalise’ even a fickle river like the Meuse, or, like the head of the river service of Public Works and Water Management, engineer F.L. Schlingemann, put it as recently as 1938: through “big works subjugate it to man's will”.
    2010, Cornelis Dekker & Roland Baetens, Geld in het Water, Verloren, page 126:
    De Hontedijk, die Mare en Rilland beschermd had en nog in de winter van 1533 op 1534 door Antwerpen was versterkt, lag er al in 1535 verloren bij.
    The Hontedike, that had protected Mare en Rilland and had just been reinforced by Antwerp in the winter of 1533 and 1534, was already abandoned in 1535.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: nog

Slovene

Noun

nog

  1. genitive dual/plural of noga

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse nóg, nógr, gnógr, from Proto-Germanic *gan?gaz. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?eh?nó?e (he has reached, attained), perfective of *h?ne?- (to reach).

Pronunciation

Adverb

nog (not comparable)

  1. enough, sufficient
    Har vi nog med mat för picknicken?
    Do we have enough food for the picnic?
  2. probably
    Det har vi nog.
    We probably do (have that).

Anagrams

  • -gon

Tapachultec

Noun

nog

  1. water

Usage notes

  • This is the form Lehmann says is given in the Sapper-Ricke wordlists; the form given in Johnston's vocabulary is nuc.

References

  • Walter Lehmann, Über die Stellung und Verwandtschaft der Subtiaba-Sprache der pazifischen Küste Nicaraguas und über die Sprache von Tapachula in Südchiapas (1915), Zeitschrift für Ethnologie 47, presenting the wordlists of Karl Sapper, Ricke, and Amado Johnston.

Volapük

Adverb

nog

  1. (with negation) yet

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