най

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• IPA^(key): [næɣ]

най (naj) (Konda)

1. you (singular)

   Synonyms: нан (nan), нян (nân), нанг (nang)

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

• E. A. Kuzakova (2001), “най”, in Мансийско-русский словарь (кондинский диалект мансийского языка), По рассказу П. К. Чейметова «Ворыяп хумый» («Два охотника») [Mansi-Russian dictionary (Kondinsky dialect of the Mansi language), Based on the story by P. K. Cheymetov “Ворыяп хумый” (“Two Hunters”)]‎^[1], Kondinsky district: local history museum, →ISBN, page 50

From Proto-Mongolic *naï, only preserved in Mongolian and Kalmyk нә (nä, “hope, trust”), elsewhere only surviving through its derivatives.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛː/
• Syllabification: най (1 syllable)

най • (naj) (Mongolian spelling ᠨᠠᠢ (nai))

1. friendship, trust

• найдах (najdax, “to hope”)
• найз (najz, “friend”)
• найр (najr, “peace”)

From Proto-Tungusic *ńārī, compare Even няри (ņari), Manchu ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠ (niyalma), Udihe нӣ.

най (naj)

1. man, person

From Proto-Khanty *näj. Cognates include Eastern Khanty най (naj).

• IPA^(key): [naːj]

най (naj) (Kazym)

1. fire

   Synonym: тўт (tŭt)

2. (sublime) woman
3. goddess

• Elena Skribnik, editor (2016), Ob-Ugric Database: analysed text corpora and dictionaries for less described Ob-Ugric dialects‎^[2], University of Munich
• Solovar, V. N. (2014), “най”, in Хантыйско-русский Словарь (казымский диалект) [Khanty-Russian Dictionary (Kazym Dialect)]‎^[3], Khanty-Mansiysk: ООО «ФОРМАТ», →ISBN, page 195

• IPA^(key): [ˈnaj]
• Rhymes: -aj
• Hyphenation: най

Inherited from Old Slovak naj, from Proto-Slavic *najь.

най (naj)

1. may, let

най (naj)

1. in order to, to
2. if, if only

From the superlative prefix най- (naj-), from Proto-Slavic *naj-.

най (naj) (not comparable)

1. the best, the most, the greatest

   буц у шицким най ― buc u šickim naj ― to be the best in everything

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “най”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy

• IPA^(key): [nai̯]

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *najь, a contraction of *ne xaji (“do not touch”). Compare неха́й (nexáj).

най • (naj)

1. may, let (expressing a wish)

   Synonyms: хай (xaj), неха́й (nexáj)

   Най щасти́ть! ― Naj ščastýtʹ! ― Good luck! (literally, “May one get lucky!”)

най • (naj)

1. so that, in order that, in order to

   Synonyms: щоб (ščob), що́би (ščóby), аби́ (abý)

Borrowed from Romanian nai.

най • (naj) m inan (genitive на́ю, nominative plural на́ї, genitive plural на́їв)

1. (music) nai (flute)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “най”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “най”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “най”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)