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n U+006E, n
LATIN SMALL LETTER N
← m
[U+006D] 		Basic Latin o →
[U+006F]
Character variations

ⁿ U+207F, ⁿ
SUPERSCRIPT LATIN SMALL LETTER N
← ⁾
[U+207E] 		Superscripts and Subscripts ₀ →
[U+2080]
ｎ U+FF4E, ｎ
FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER N
← ｍ
[U+FF4D] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｏ →
[U+FF4F]
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Translingual

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Etymology

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From the old Latin N, from the Greek Ν (nu), from an archaic reversed Greek N, from the Phoenician symbol 𐤍; possibly from an earlier Egyptian hieroglyph of a resting Egyptian cobra,
D
(𓆓).

Letter

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n (upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
  2. in Romanization:
    1. of the Hebrew נ \ ן (“nun”, “nūn”) in the Common Israeli, Hebrew Academy (1953 and 2006), and ISO 259 transliteration schemes
    2. of the Hebrew נּ (“nun”, “nūn ḥāzāq”) in the Common Israeli transliteration scheme

Synonyms

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  • (Romanization of נּ, “nun”, “nūn ḥāzāq”): nn (in the Hebrew Academy (1953 and 2006) and ISO 259 transliteration schemes)
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Further reading

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Pronunciation

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  • Pronunciation of IPA [nːɑː, ɑnnɑː] with the sound [n]:(file)

Symbol

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n

  1. (IPA) voiced alveolar nasal.
    (superscript ⟨ⁿ⟩) nasal release (of any articulation), prenasalization, [n]-coloring or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [n] – see also ⁿ.
  2. (statistics) Sample size.
  3. (physics) neutron
  4. (mathematics) An arbitrary natural number.
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  • Letter styles
  • Uppercase and lowercase versions of N, in normal and italic type
    Uppercase and lowercase versions of N, in normal and italic type
  • Uppercase and lowercase N in Fraktur
    Uppercase and lowercase N in Fraktur

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Other representations of N:

Further reading

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English

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N, plural ns or n's)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the English alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.
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Number

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The ordinal number fourteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Abbreviations.

Noun

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n

  1. Abbreviation of north.
    Alternative forms: n., N
  2. (grammar) Abbreviation of noun.
    Alternative form: n.
  3. (organic chemistry) normal
  4. Neutral
  5. No
Translations
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Adjective

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n

  1. (grammar) Abbreviation of neuter (gender).
    Alternative form: n.
Translations
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Conjunction

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n

  1. Contraction of and; chiefly used in set phrases.
    Alternative form: 'n'
    rock n roll

Etymology 3

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Abbreviations.

n

  1. (stenoscript) the sound sequence /ɛn/.
  2. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of in.
  3. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of no, inflections none, nor, not, neither, and homophone know.

Aromanian

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Preposition

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n

  1. Alternative form of ãn

Azerbaijani

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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n lower case (upper case N)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Etymology 2

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Abbreviation.

Noun

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n

  1. Abbreviation of iyun (“June”).

Usage notes

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Used to prevent the mishearing of iyun (“June”) as iyul (“July”); see also l.

Bambara

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Pronoun

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n

  1. I

Basque

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called ene and written in the Latin script.

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Central Mazahua

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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n (upper case N)

  1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

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Chinese

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Pronunciation

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Numeral

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n

  1. Alternative spelling of N

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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  • Previous letter: m
  • Next letter: o

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Egyptian

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Etymology 1

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Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight ⵏ (n, “of”) and Proto-Semitic *lV-, whence Hebrew לְ־ (lə-, “to, for, of”) and Arabic لِـ (li-, “to, for, belonging to”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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n
  1. to, for (dative)
  2. in the direction of, towards
  3. (of time) for, until
  4. because of
  5. used idiomatically with certain verbs
Inflection
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Adverbial forms of n  
n
Z4
n
nj n
Alternative forms
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Before a noun it can be written thus:

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of n  
D35
nj

This should not be confused with the negative particle, which is written identically.

Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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n
  1. Abbreviation of nj (“of, belonging to (genitival adjective)”).

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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n
Z2

 pl 1. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

  1. we, us (see usage notes)
Usage notes
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This form of pronoun is an enclitic that must directly follow the word it modifies. Its meaning depends on its context:

  • When it follows a verb, it indicates the object of the verb.
  • In the second and third person when it follows an adjective, it forms the subject of an adjectival sentence.
  • When it follows a relative adjective, such as ntj, ntt, or jsṯ, it indicates the subject of the relative clause (usually only in the first person singular and third person common).
  • When it follows an imperative, it indicates the subject or the object of the verb.
  • When it follows a particle like m.k, it indicates the subject of the clause.
  • When attached to a preposition, it indicates the object of the preposition.
Inflection
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Old Egyptian personal pronouns
number first person second person third person
masculine feminine masculine feminine
suffix pronouns singular ∅, .j
 .k, .kj1
 .ṯ, .ṯn
 .f, .fj1
 .s, .sj1
dual .nj
 .ṯnj
 .snj
plural .n
 .ṯn
 .sn
enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns singular w, wj, wy
 kw, k, ṯw, ṯ
 ṯm, ṯn
 sw, s
 s
dual —
 ṯnj
 snj
plural n
 ṯn
 sn
stressed (‘independent’) pronouns singular jnk
 ṯwt
 ṯmt
 swt
 stt
dual —
 —
 ntsnj
plural —
 ntṯn
 ntsn, jntsn
stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings singular .kj, .k
 .tj, .t
 ∅, .j
 .tj, .t
dual — .tjwn
 .wy, .wj
 .ty
plural .wn, .nw
 ∅, .w, .y, .wy
 .tj, .t
  1. Only when attached to a dual noun or prospective participle.
Middle Egyptian personal pronouns
number first person second person third person
masculine feminine masculine feminine
suffix pronouns singular ∅, .j
 .k, .kj1
 .ṯ, .t
 .f, .fj1
 .s, .sj1
dual2 .nj
 .ṯnj, .tnj
 .snj
plural .n
 .ṯn, .tn
 .sn, .w3
enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns singular wj, w
 ṯw, tw
 ṯn, tn
 sw, st
 sj, s, st
plural n
 ṯn, tn
 sn, st
stressed (‘independent’) pronouns singular jnk
 ntk, ṯwt2
 ntṯ, ntt, ṯwt2
 ntf, swt2
 nts, swt2
plural jnn3
 ntṯn, nttn
 ntsn
stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings singular .kw
 .tj, .t, .tw3
 ∅, .w
 .tj, .t, .tw3
plural .wn, .wjn
 .tjwn, .tjwnj
 ∅, .w, .y
proclitic (‘subject form’) pronouns3 singular tw.j
 tw.k
 tw.t
 sw
 sj, st
plural tw.n
 tw.tn
 st
  1. Only when attached to a dual noun or prospective participle.
  2. Only in formal texts, especially religious texts.
  3. Only in postclassical (Neo-Middle Egyptian) texts.
Late Egyptian personal pronouns
number first person second person third person
masculine feminine masculine feminine
suffix pronouns singular ∅, .j
 .k, .kw
 .t
 .f, .fj
 .s, .st, .sw
plural .n
 .tn, .twn
 .w, .sn1
enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns1 singular wj
 tw, tj
 sw, st
plural n, wn
 twn
 sn, st
stressed (‘independent’) pronouns singular jnk
 mntk, mtwk
 mntt, mtwy
 mntf
 mntst, mntjst
plural jnn
 mnttn
 mntw
stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings1 singular .kw, .k
 .tj, .tw
 ∅, .w, .y
 .tj, .tw
plural .nw
 .tn
 ∅, .w, .y
unmarked (later) ∅, .tw
proclitic (‘subject form’) pronouns singular tw.j
 tw.k
 tw.t
 sw
 st, sw
plural tw.n
 tw.tn
 st, sw, swt
  1. Only in formal texts, especially religious texts.
Alternative forms
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of n  
n
n
n
Z2
Wn
Z2
n n wn
[Late Egyptian] [Late Egyptian]

References

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  1. ^ Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 15
  2. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 47

Esperanto

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called no and written in the Latin script.

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Estonian

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Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia et

Pronunciation

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called enn and written in the Latin script.

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Faroese

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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n (upper case N)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Finnish

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Etymology

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The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and n for information on the development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called än or en and written in the Latin script.

Noun

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n

  1. Abbreviation of naiset (“ladies”) (used to mark toilets and similar installations to be for women only)
    Synonyms: naiset, (rare) rouvat
    Antonyms: m, miehet, (rare) herrat

Derived terms

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compounds

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French

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche‎fr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:
      Avec ces propos et d’autres semblables, le pauvre gentilhomme perdait le jugement. Il passait les nuits et se donnait la torture pour les comprendre, pour les approfondir, pour leur tirer le sens des entrailles, ce qu’Aristote lui-même n’aurait pu faire, s’il fût ressuscité tout exprès pour cela.
      With these passages and other similar ones, the poor gentleman lost his judgement. He spent his nights and tortured himself to understand them, to consider them more deeply, to take from them their deepest meaning, which Aristotle himself would not have been able to do, had he been resurrected for that very purpose.

Fula

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

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German

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Pronunciation

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Article

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n

  1. Nonstandard form of 'n.
    • 1984, Wolfdietrich Schnurre, Ein Unglücksfall: Roman, page 172:
      „Hat uns vorhin so n Mensch von der Dingsbums gebracht.“ „Von der Kultusgemeinde.“ Avrom hebt zwinkernd die Augen vom Buch; er lächelt. Muß ne anrührende Stelle gewesen sein, was er da grade liest. „Was heißt ‚so n Mensch‘.“
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1999, Regula Schmidlin, Wie Deutschschweizer Kinder schreiben und erzählen lernen:
      […] also die Geschichte hab ich genannt (äh) die Froschsuche weil da war so n Junge und mit em Hund und die haben dauernd ihren Frosch immer angeguckt im Wasser und dann einmal in der Nacht is er weggehüpft […]
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    • 2012, Gustav Falke, Die Kinder Aus Ohlsens Gang, page 92:
      »Wenn ick de jungen Lüd nich harr und de Kinner – so n Mann, Herr Lehrer, so n Mann! aber ick hev en nu. He schall mi mol Muck seggn. Rut smiet ick em.« »Das lassen Sie nur lieber nach, Frau Krahnstöver. […] «
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2014, Manuel Mayer, Schwule Akten: Fußballstar und Tennisprofi geoutet, Himmelstürmer Verlag, page 58:
      Und da Sex Sponsoren anzieht, würde so n Kerl ein so großes Medienecho hervorrufen, sodass wir noch Jahrhunderte davon hören würden ...
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Gothic

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Romanization

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n

  1. Romanization of 𐌽

Guinea-Bissau Creole

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Etymology

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From African origin. Cognate with Kabuverdianu n.

Pronoun

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n

  1. I (first person singular)

Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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Contraction of nou, from French nous.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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n

  1. Contraction of nou.

Haruai

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Pronoun

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n

  1. I

References

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  • Jef Verschueren, Pragmatics at Issue: Selected Papers (1991, →ISBN
  • Bernard Comrie, Maria Polinsky, Causatives and Transitivity (1993, →ISBN, page 317: Haruai has a serial verb construction, in which all verbs but the last take no inflections whatsoever (the only instance in Haruai where a verb can appear inflectionless), as in (3): n dw röbö p-n-a I go water get-FUT(-1SG)-DEC

Hawaiian

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Alternative forms

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  • (letter name) nū

Pronunciation

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  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ˈnuː/
  • (phoneme) /n/

Letter

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n

  1. The tenth letter of the Hawaiian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈn]
  • (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈɛnː]

Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called enn and written in the Latin script.
  2. character as a unit of measurement (one of the basic elements making up a text file or string)
    Synonyms: karakter, leütés, betűhely

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative n n-ek
accusative n-et n-eket
dative n-nek n-eknek
instrumental n-nel n-ekkel
causal-final n-ért n-ekért
translative n-né n-ekké
terminative n-ig n-ekig
essive-formal n-ként n-ekként
essive-modal — —
inessive n-ben n-ekben
superessive n-en n-eken
adessive n-nél n-eknél
illative n-be n-ekbe
sublative n-re n-ekre
allative n-hez n-ekhez
elative n-ből n-ekből
delative n-ről n-ekről
ablative n-től n-ektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		n-é n-eké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		n-éi n-ekéi
Possessive forms of n
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. n-em n-jeim
2nd person sing. n-ed n-jeid
3rd person sing. n-je n-jei
1st person plural n-ünk n-jeink
2nd person plural n-etek n-jeitek
3rd person plural n-jük n-jeik

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Further reading

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  • n in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ɛnː/

Letter

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n (upper case N)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Ido

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Pronunciation

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  • (context pronunciation) IPA(key): /n/
  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ne/

Letter

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n (upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Indonesian

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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  • (context pronunciation) IPA(key): /n/
  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ɛn/

Letter

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n (upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Etymology 2

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From English n (“shortening of and”).

Conjunction

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n

  1. (text messaging, slang) Abbreviation of dan.
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Italian

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Letter

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n f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case N)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Italian alphabet, called enne and written in the Latin script.

Japanese

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Romanization

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n

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ん
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ン

Kabuverdianu

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Etymology

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From African origin.

Pronoun

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n

  1. I (first person singular)

Kabyle

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Etymology

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From Proto-Berber *n, from Proto-Afroasiatic. Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight ⵏ (n), see there for more.

Preposition

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n

  1. of, genitive preposition
    azemz n tlalit
    date of birth
  2. used between a numeral and a noun
    Ttmeslayeɣ snat n tutlayin.
    I speak two languages.
    (literally, “I-speak two of languages”)
  3. used before a year
    di useggas n 2021
    in 2021
    (literally, “in year of 2021”)

Kankanaey

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tagalog n. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English n.

Pronunciation

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  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ʔen/ [ʔen]
  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /n/ [n]

Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.

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References

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  • Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎[1] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

Kashubian

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Etymology

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The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and n for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Korean

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Numeral

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n • (en)

  1. Alternative spelling of N (en).

Ladin

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Article

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n

  1. a (+ masculine noun)

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Lashi

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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n

  1. OK

References

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  • Mark Wannemacher (2011) A phonological overview of the Lacid language‎[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University., page 11

Latin

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. A letter in the Latin alphabet, representing the sound /n/

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Latvian

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Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia lv

Etymology

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Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

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N

n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Latvian alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.

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Livonian

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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n (upper case N)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Malay

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Maltese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /n/
  • IPA(key): /m/ (by assimilation to a following labial)
  • IPA(key): /n/, [ŋ] (by assimilation to a following velar)

Letter

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n (upper case N)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Mandarin

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Romanization

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n

  1. Nonstandard spelling of ń.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of ň.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of ǹ.

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

North Frisian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [n], (in ng, nk) [ŋ], (syllabic) [n̩], [ŋ̍], [m̩]

Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. A letter of the North Frisian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

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  • As in German, the unstressed syllable ⟨en⟩ usually becomes syllabic [n̩], which further assimilates to preceding stop consonants as [kŋ̍], [ɡŋ̍], [pm̩], [bm̩].

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Norwegian

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Pronunciation

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  • (letter name): IPA(key): /enː/, /ɛnː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /n/, (in rn) /ɳ/, (in ng and nk) /ŋ/
  • Audio:(file)

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n

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Nupe

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Polish

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Etymology

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The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and n for development of the glyph itself.

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Letter

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n (upper case N, lower case)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Polish alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.

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Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Etymology 2

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Adverb

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n

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of não (“not”).
    eu n sei ― I don't know.

Noun

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n m (invariable)

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of não (“no”).

Interjection

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n

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of não (“no”).

Romani

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. (International Standard) The eighteenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. (Pan-Vlax) The nineteenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Romanian

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called en, ne, or nî and written in the Latin script.

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Saterland Frisian

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ən/
  • Hyphenation: n

Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Article

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n

  1. unstressed form of aan, een; a, an
Usage notes
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  • When followed by an adjective and modifying a feminine noun, the form ne may be used.

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Article

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n

  1. unstressed form of dän

References

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  • Marron C. Fort (2015) Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN, page 779

Scottish Gaelic

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by m and followed by o. Its traditional name is nuin (“ash”).

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Serbo-Croatian

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Letter

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n (Cyrillic spelling н)

  1. The 19th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet, preceded by m and followed by nj.

Silesian

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Etymology

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The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and n for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Skolt Sami

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n (upper case N)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Spanish

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Spanish n. Each pronunciation has a different source:

  • Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English n.
  • Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜈ (na).
  • Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish n.

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  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ˈʔen/ [ˈʔɛn̪] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
    • IPA(key): /ˈna/ [ˈn̪a] (letter name, Abakada alphabet)
      • Rhymes: -a
    • IPA(key): /ˈʔene/ [ˈʔɛː.n̪ɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
    • IPA(key): /n/ [n̪] (phoneme)

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n (lower case, upper case N, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called en and written in the Latin script.
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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N, Baybayin spelling ᜈ)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abakada alphabet), called na and written in the Latin script.

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n (lower case, upper case N, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈᜒ) (historical)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called ene and written in the Latin script.
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Etymology 2

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From the Abakada alphabet letter n being pronounced as na.

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Adverb

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n (Baybayin spelling ᜈ) (text messaging)

  1. Abbreviation of na.

Further reading

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  • “n”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tarifit

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Preposition

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n (Tifinagh spelling ⵏ)

  1. genitive marker
    1. indicates possession: of, -'s
      taddart n tmɣart
      The house of the woman.
      yeǧi-s n waryaz-nni
      That man's daughter.
    2. indicates the relationship of a noun and their place of origin
      tiḥenjirin n Arif
      The girls of the Rif.
    3. indicates a relationship between family members: son of, daughter of
      Mimun n Ɛmar
      Mimun the son of Umar.
    4. expresses quantity
      arbɛa n tfunasin
      Four cows.

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Nouns following the preposition n are placed in the construct state.

Inflection

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Inflection forms of n
singular plural
m f m f
1st person inu nneɣ
2nd person nnec nnem nwem nkent
3rd person nnes nsen nsent

Tlingit

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n (upper case N)

  1. A letter of the Tlingit alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Turkish

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ne and written in the Latin script.

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Turkmen

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n (upper case N)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.

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Welsh

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called èn and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by m and followed by o.

Mutation

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  • n cannot mutate in Welsh.

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Further reading

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “n”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Xhosa

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n (lower case,upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Xhosa alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Yele

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Letter

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n (upper case N)

  1. A letter of the Yele alphabet.

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  • The digraph ⟨nd⟩ transcribes the single consonant /ⁿʈ/ [ɳɖ]
  • The digraph ⟨ng⟩ transcribes /ŋ/
  • The trigraph ⟨ngm⟩ transcribes the single consonant /ŋ͡m/
  • The digraph ⟨nj⟩ transcribes the single consonant /ⁿt̪ʲ/ [n̪d̪͡ʑ]
  • The digraph ⟨nk⟩ transcribes the single consonant /ⁿk/ [ŋɡ]
  • The digraph ⟨nm⟩ transcribes the single consonant /ɳ͡m/
  • The digraph ⟨nt⟩ transcribes the single consonant /ⁿt̪/ [n̪d̪]

Palatalized consonants are written ⟨ndy, nmy, ny⟩ (the last being /ɳʲ/), labialized consonants as ⟨ngw, nkw⟩.

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Yoruba

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Etymology 1

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called ní and written in the Latin script.

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Etymology 2

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Alternative forms

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  • ín, í (Èkìtì)
  • mí (Ìjẹ̀ṣà, Ìjẹ̀bú)

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Particle

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ń

  1. Marks the imperfective aspect, for actions that are not completed.
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  • máa ń (“habitual tense marker”)

Etymology 3

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Compare with Igbo m

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Pronoun

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n̄ or n

  1. Alternative form of mo (“I”) (used in negative or future sentences, or with kí)

Zulu

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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