nach-
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Formed from the preposition nach (“past, after”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]nach- (separable)
- indicates a later action as in nacharbeiten, nachbessern
- indicates following or pursuit of someone or something, as in nachgehen, nachfahren
- indicates repetition or succession, as in nachfüllen, nachkaufen
- to check something nachzählen, nachprüfen
- to improve something, as in nachfärben (“redye”), nachhelfen (“give extra help; private lessons”)
- indicates the exact copying of something as in nachmachen, nachdrucken (“reprint”), nachahmen, nachbeten
- indicates a purposeful action, as in nachdenken, nachforschen
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Old Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Particle
[edit]nach-
- Alternative form of ná (negative particle used with the imperative) used before an infixed pronoun
- Alternative form of nád (negative particle used in relative and noun clauses) used before an infixed pronoun
Usage notes
[edit]Takes a connecting vowel a (in the Milan glosses) or i (in the Würzburg glosses) before a consonant-initial infixed pronoun.
See Appendix:Old Irish affixed pronouns § Infixed pronouns for forms.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, pages 265, 539; reprinted 2017