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3 senses(archaic, dialectal, not comparable)No.
(archaic, dialectal, not comparable)Introducing a statement, without direct negation.
(archaic, not comparable)Or rather, or should I say; moreover (introducing a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one).
His face was dirty, nay, filthy.
ja
бо́лее того́bóleje tovó, да́жеdáže, нетnet
- not this merely but also; not only so but
Origin
From Middle English nai, nei, from Old Norse nei (“no”), contraction of ne (“not”) + ei (“From Middle English nai, nei, from Old Norse nei (“no”), contraction of ne (“not”) + ei (“ever”), itself from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”). More at no.
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