nár

From Old Norse nár (“corpse”), from Proto-Germanic *nawiz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnauːr/
• Rhymes: -auːr

nár m (genitive singular nás, nominative plural náir)

1. a dead or lifeless body, a human corpse

Declension of nár
m-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nár	nárinn	náir	náirnir
accusative	ná	náinn	nái	náina
dative	ná	nánum	nám / náum	náunum
genitive	nás	násins	náa	náanna

• (human corpse): lík, dauðingi

• andvana (dead, lifeless)
• fæddur andvana (stillborn)

• rán

ná +‎ -r

• IPA^(key): /n̪ˠɑːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠæɾʲ/^[1]

nár (triggers lenition except of past autonomous forms)

1. that... not (used to introduce a negated subordinate clause with a past tense verb, except for some irregular verbs)

   Dúirt sé nár chuir sé an gloine ar an tábla.

   He said that he didn’t put the glass on the table.

   Tá súil agam nár cailleadh é.

   I hope he didn’t die.

• gur (used with affirmative clauses)
• nach (used with nonpast tenses and with some irregular verbs even in the past)

nár (triggers lenition except of past autonomous forms)

1. may... not (used with the present subjunctive to express a negative wish)

   Nár fhille sé!

   May he not return!

   Nár lige Dia! ― God forbid! (literally, “May God not permit”)

2. didn’t...? (used to introduce a negative question in the past tense, except with some irregular verbs)

   Nár chuala tú mé?

   Didn’t you hear me?

3. that... not (used with past tenses except of some irregular verbs)

   Dúirt sé nár oibrigh sé ansin.

   He said he didn’t work there.

4. which/who... not (used with past tenses except of some irregular verbs)

   an fear nár chabhraigh mé ― the man who didn’t help me

• (may... not): go (used with affirmative clauses)

nár (triggers lenition, before vowels nárbh) (introduces negative past/conditional copular clauses of various kinds)

1. wasn’t/wouldn’t... be? (used to introduce a negative question)

   Nár mhaith leat cupán tae?

   Wouldn’t you like a cup of tea?

2. which/who wasn’t/wouldn’t be (used to introduce both direct and indirect relative clauses)

   an bhean nár mhúinteoir í ― the woman who wasn’t a teacher

   an bhean nár mhaith léi bainne ― the woman who didn’t like milk

3. that... it wasn’t/wouldn’t be; whether/if... it wasn’t/wouldn’t be (used to introduce a negative past/conditional copular subordinate clause, including an indirect question)

   Dúirt sí nár mhaith léi cupán tae.

   She said that she wouldn’t like a cup of tea

   Ní raibh a fhios agam nár mhaith léi cupán tae.

   I didn’t know whether she would like a cup of tea.

From Proto-Germanic *nawiz, whence also Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍃 (naus, “corpse”).

nár m (genitive nás)

1. corpse; a dead person

• ná-

• Icelandic: nár
• Norwegian Bokmål: nåe

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)