Also spelled Nar and noa
Meanings
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1
adv
Used to give a negative answer or to refuse or disagree.
"Do you want more coffee?" "No, thank you."
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2
det
Not any; not one.
There is no milk left in the fridge.
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3
noun
A refusal or a negative answer.
Her answer was a firm no.
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Etymology
Inherited from Middle English no, na, from Old English nā, nō (“no, not, not ever, never”), from Proto-West Germanic *naiwō, from Proto-Germanic *naiwô (“never”), *ne (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *né, *nē, *nēy (negative particle), equivalent to Old English ne (“not”) + ā, ō (“ever, always”). Cognate with Scots na (“no”), Saterland Frisian noa (“no”), West Frisian né (“no”), nea (“never”), Dutch nee (“no”), Low German nee (“no”), German nie (“never”), dialectal German nö (“no”), Danish nej (“no”), Swedish nej (“no”), Icelandic nei (“no”). More at nay.