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Croatian

Prefix

ne-

  1. Prefix prepended to adjectives to create an adjective denoting a negative meaning (ne = not). Akin to un-, non-, im-, ir-.

Czech

Prefix

ne-

  1. Used to negate verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. "Mám hlad" ("I am hungry") becomes "nemám hlad" ("I am not hungry"). Akin to un-, non-, im-, ir-.

Derived terms

Too many to list them all.

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

The word nē in compositions.

Prefix

ne-

  1. absolutely negates the principal meaning
    ne- (“not”) + scio (“I know”) → nescio (“I don't know”)

Derived terms

Old English

Alternative spellings

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *ne- (“not”) from Proto-Indo-European *ne- (“no, not”). Akin to Old English ne (“not”)

Prefix

ne-

  1. not, usually syncopated to n-
    neom (“am not”)
    næs (“was not”); nǣron (“were not”)
    nic (“not I”)
    nǣniġ (“no one, none, not any, no (adj.)”)
    nealles (“not at all, by no means”)
    nefne (“unless, except, not even”)
    nabban (“to have not, be without”)
    nāgan (“to not owe, not own”)
    nǣfre (“never”)
    nyllan (“will not, wish not, be unwilling, refuse”)
    nāt (“[I] do not know”) < nytan (“to know not”)
    nyten (“ignorant”) (< ne + witan)

Romanian

Prefix

ne-

  1. attached to past-participles, gerundives and some adjectives to negate them
    necunoscut - unknown
    neînţeles - misunderstood
    neprietenos - unfriendly
    nefolosind - not using, without using

 

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