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|etymtx=Grammatical information: pcle<br />Meaning: confirmative particle [[really]], [[yes]] (Il.; <b class="b3">ναὶ δή</b>, <b class="b3">ναὶ μήν</b>, <b class="b3">ναὶ μὰ Δία</b>, <b class="b3">νη Δία</b> etc.).<br />Other forms: also [[νή]] (esp. Att.), [[νεί]] (Boeot., also Arc.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [319] <b class="b2">*eno-</b> [[that one]]<br />Etymology: With [[νή]] agrees Lat. [[nē]] [[really]]; [[ναί]] may have in Toch. B [[nai]] [[however]] a formal agreement. With [[νή]] : [[νεί]] : [[ναί]] cf. [[ἠ]] : [[εἰ]] : [[αἰ]] [[if]]; analog. [[δαί]] beside [[δή]]. The word is usually connected with the demonstrative IE *(<b class="b2">e-)no-</b> [[he there]], s. [[ἐκεῖνος]] and W.-Hofmann s. [[enim]] m., also Schwyzer-Debrunner 570 w. n. 2 a. 3.The vocalism <b class="b3">-αι</b> is hard to explain. -- Diff. Pisani Ist. Lomb. 77, 560f. (to OCS [[nyne]] [[now]] etc.).

|ftr='''ναί''': (seit Il.),<br />{naí}<br />'''Forms''': auch νή (bes. att.), νεί (böot., auch ark.)<br />'''Grammar''': Versicherungspartikel<br />'''Meaning''': [[fürwahr]], [[wahrlich]], [[ja]] (ναὶ δή, ναὶ [[μήν]], ναὶ μὰ [[Δία]], νὴ [[Δία]] usw.).<br />'''Etymology''' : Zu νή stimmt lat. ''nē'' [[fürwahr]], [[wahrlich]]; [[ναί]] kann in toch. B ''nai'' [[doch]] eine formale Entsprechung haben. Zu νή : νεί : [[ναί]] vgl. ἠ : εἰ : αἰ [[wenn]]; danach analogisch [[δαί]] neben δή. Das Wort wird gewöhnlich mit dem Demonstrativum idg. *(''e''-)''no''- [[jener]] verbunden, s. [[ἐκεῖνος]] und W.-Hofmann s. ''enim'' m. reicher Lit., auch Schwyzer-Debrunner 570 m. A. 2 u. 3. — Anders Pisani Ist. Lomb. 77, 560f. (zu aksl. ''nyne'' [[jetzt]], [[heute]] usw.).<br />'''Page''' 2,286