nær
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse nær, comparative form of ná (“near”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]nær (neuter nært, plural and definite singular attributive nære, comparative nærmere, superlative (predicative) nærmest, superlative (attributive) nærmeste)
Usage notes
[edit]In the sense close, as to family and friends, comparative can be nærere and superlative can be nærest (definite and plural næreste).
Adverb
[edit]nær (comparative nærmere, superlative nærmest)
Preposition
[edit]nær (comparative nærmere, superlative nærmest)
Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse hvénær; cognate with Danish hvornår.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]nær
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse nær, comparative form of ná (“near”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -aiːr
Adverb
[edit]nær
Derived terms
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse nær, comparative form of ná (“near”).
Adjective
[edit]nær (neuter singular nært, definite singular and plural nære, comparative nærere or nærmere, indefinite superlative nærest or nærmest, definite superlative næreste or nærmeste)
Adverb
[edit]nær (comparative nærere or nærmere, superlative nærest or nærmest)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “nær” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse nær, comparative of ná-.
Adjective
[edit]nær (masculine and feminine nær, neuter nært, definite singular and plural nære, comparative nærare/nærmare, indefinite superlative nærast/nærmast, definite superlative næraste/nærmaste)
Derived terms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]nær (comparative nærare or nærmare, superlative nærast or nærmast)
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]nær
- imperative of næra
References
[edit]- “nær” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- nærr (adverb)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *nēhwiz, comparative of *nēhw. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).
Adjective
[edit]nær
Adverb
[edit]nær (comparative nær, superlative næztr)
- (comparative degree) near
- (comparative degree) towards
- (comparative degree) nearly
- (comparative degree) in accordance with, in conformity to
- (comparative degree) near the truth
- (superlative degree) nearest, next
- (superlative degree) last
- (superlative degree) nearest the truth
Inflection
[edit]This word is one of a little handful of adverbs with defective inflection, where it only exists in the comparative and superlative forms.
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: nær
- Faroese: nær
- Norwegian Nynorsk: nær, nærre
- Norwegian Bokmål: nær
- Elfdalian: nęr
- Old Swedish: nær
- Danish: nær
Preposition
[edit]nær
References
[edit]- nær in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
- næst in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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