nav

nav

See also: NAV

Translingual

Symbol

nav

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Navajo.

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English

Etymology

From navigation, abbreviation.

Pronunciation

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

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

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Angloromani

Etymology

Inherited from Romani nav.

Noun

nav

1. name

   Synonyms: lab, lav

References

• “nav”, in Angloromani Dictionary, The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, page 100

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Breton

Breton cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : nav     Ordinal : navet

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *naw, from Proto-Celtic *nawan, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaw/

Numeral

nav

1. nine

See also

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

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse nǫf (“nave”), from Proto-Germanic *nabō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nebʰ- (“navel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nav/, [naw], [nawˀ]

Noun

nav n (singular definite navet, plural indefinite nav)

1. nave (a hub of a wheel)

Declension

Declension of nav

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nav	navet	nav	navene
genitive	navs	navets	navs	navenes

Further reading

• “nav” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “Nav,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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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 nėrà. Forms of vaid are occasionally attested in folk tales and songs; A. Bīlenšteins 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”).[1]

Verb

nav

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

References

1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “nav”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

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Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian nave, from Latin navis.

Noun

nav f

1. ship

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Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑːv/

Noun

nav m

1. name

Derived terms

• bênav
• hevenav m
• komenav m
• kurtenav m
• navdêr f
• pêşnav m
• serenav m

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse nǫf f, from Proto-Germanic *nabō.

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.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse nǫf f, from Proto-Germanic *nabō.

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.

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Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaɥ/

Noun

nav f

1. ship

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Romani

Alternative forms

• anav

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀡𑀸𑀫 (ṇāma), from Sanskrit नामन् (nāman).

Noun

nav m (nominative plural nava)

1. name

Descendants

• Angloromani: nav

References

• Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “nav”, in ニューエクスプレス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 140
• Milena Hübschmannová (January 2003), “Names of Roma”, in ROMBASE Cultural Database‎ (in English), Prague, archived from the original on 2021-02-17, retrieved 21 August 2021

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• nev (Puter)

Etymology

From Latin nāvis.

Noun

nav f (plural navs)

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

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish navan, cognate with English nave, both from Proto-Germanic *nabō.

Noun

nav n

1. a hub (central part of a wheel)

Declension

Declension of nav
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	nav	navet	nav	naven
Genitive	navs	navets	navs	navens

Related terms

• navborr
• navkapsel

References

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

Anagrams

• anv., van, van-