nádi

Hungarian

Etymology

nád (“reed”) +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnaːdi]
• Hyphenation: ná‧di
• Rhymes: -di

Adjective

nádi (not comparable)

1. (of animals and plants) reed, reedy (living in a place where reeds grow)

   nádi sármány ― common reed bunting

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	nádi	nádiak
accusative	nádit	nádiakat
dative	nádinak	nádiaknak
instrumental	nádival	nádiakkal
causal-final	nádiért	nádiakért
translative	nádivá	nádiakká
terminative	nádiig	nádiakig
essive-formal	nádiként	nádiakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	nádiban	nádiakban
superessive	nádin	nádiakon
adessive	nádinál	nádiaknál
illative	nádiba	nádiakba
sublative	nádira	nádiakra
allative	nádihoz	nádiakhoz
elative	nádiból	nádiakból
delative	nádiról	nádiakról
ablative	náditól	nádiaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	nádié	nádiaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	nádiéi	nádiakéi

Derived terms

Compound words

• nádiantilop
• nádirigó (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)

Expressions

• nádi acsa (Aeshna mixta)
• nádi állaspók (Tetragnatha striata)
• nádi boglárka (Ranunculus lingua)
• nádi papagájcinege (Paradoxornis heudei)
• nádi sármány (Emberiza schoeniclus)
• nádi szövőlepke (Laelia coenosa)
• nádi tücsökmadár (Locustella luscinioides)
• nádi varangy (Epidalea calamita)

Further reading

• nádi in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Macanese

Alternative forms

• n'há-de

Etymology

Univerbation of Portuguese não há-de (“there won't be”).

Particle

nádi

1. negative future tense particle; will not, won't

   Antonym: lôgo

   Êle nádi vai ― He will not go

   Nôs nádi falâ ― We won't speak

See also

• nôm
• nunca

Interjection

nádi

1. no way! not happening! (expression of refusal or otherwise non-acceptance to a future event)

   Chomâ iou vai tambâ tacho? Nádi!

   Invite me to fill in for somebody who can't go? No way!

Usage notes

• nôm is not used in Macanese as a negative response to a question. For questions pertaining to the past and present, nunca is used; for questions pertaining to the future, nádi is used.