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N-
N-
English
Prefix
N-
- (organic chemistry) the functional group that carries this prefix is attached to a nitrogen atom on the parent molecular segment
Derived terms
- N-tert-butyl-
Related terms
- N (nitrogen)
n-
n-
English
Prefix
n-
- (organic chemistry) normal-form of a functional group, being the long-chain form (unbranched chain)
Derived terms
- n-butyl-
Coordinate terms
Abenaki
Alternative forms
Etymology
Related to nia (“I, me”).
Prefix
n-
- (prefixed to nouns, used before consonants) my
- (prefixed to verbs, used before consonants) I
- (prefixed to verbs, used before consonants) I (exclusive we)
Coordinate terms
- nd- (used before vowels)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ne, en, from Old Dutch ne, from Proto-Germanic *ne.
Prefix
n-
- Used to negate the pronoun or adverb which follows it, yielding the same part of speech
Derived terms
Old Irish
Prefix
n- (class A infixed pronoun)
See also
See Appendix:Old Irish affixed pronouns for details on how these forms are used.
Note that the so-called “infixed” pronouns are technically prefixes, but they are never the first prefix in a verbal complex.
| Person | Infixed | Suffixed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class A | Class B | Class C | ||
| 1 sing. | m-L | dom-L, dam-L | -um | |
| 2 sing. | t-L | dot-L, dat-L, dut-L, dit-L | -ut | |
| 3 sing. m. | a-N | d-N | id-N, did-N, d-N | -i, -it |
| 3 sing. f. | s-(N) | da- | -us | |
| 3 sing. n. | a-L | d-L | id-L, did-L, d-L | -i, -it |
| 1 pl. | n- | don-, dun-, dan- | -unn | |
| 2 pl. | b- | dob-, dub-, dab- | -uib | |
| 3 pl. | s-(N) | da- | -us | |
| L means this form triggers lenition. N means this form triggers nasalization (eclipsis) (N) means this form triggers nasalization in some texts but not in others. | ||||
Derived terms
Prefix
n- (class B and C infixed pronoun)
- Alternative form of d-
Swahili
Alternative forms
- ny- (before a vowel)
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *n-.
Prefix
n- (plural n-)
- The prefix for noun class 9 denoting animals and miscellaneous nouns.
- Used as a class for foreign borrowings that cannot fit other classes morphologically.
- The prefix for noun class 10 denoting the plurals of noun class 9 and noun class 11.
Usage notes
Except for nouns where the stem is of one syllable, n can only be followed by g, d, j, y, and z in Swahili. As a result of this, when the stem starts with a vowel, n- changes to ny-, when it starts with a b or v it changes to a m, and *nw, *nl, and *nr becomes mb, nd, and nd respectively. In front of any stems where these rules cannot be applied, it disappears.
See also
- Appendix:Swahili noun classes