nach-

See also: nach and nách

German

Etymology

Formed from the preposition nach (“past, after”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [naːχ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Prefix

nach- (separable)

1. indicates a later action as in nacharbeiten, nachbessern
2. indicates following or pursuit of someone or something, as in nachgehen, nachfahren
3. indicates repetition or succession, as in nachfüllen, nachkaufen
   1. to check something nachzählen, nachprüfen
   2. to improve something, as in nachfärben (“redye”), nachhelfen (“give extra help; private lessons”)
4. indicates the exact copying of something as in nachmachen, nachdrucken (“reprint”), nachahmen, nachbeten
5. indicates a purposeful action, as in nachdenken, nachforschen

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with nach-

• nacharbeiten
• nacherzählen
• nachflüstern
• nachfühlen
• nachprüfen
• nachschlichten
• nachsetzen
• nachtragen
• nachtreten
• nachwachsen
• nachzählen

 

Related terms

• nach

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [n͈ax]

Particle

nach-

1. Alternative form of ná (negative particle used with the imperative) used before an infixed pronoun
2. Alternative form of nád (negative particle used in relative and noun clauses) used before an infixed pronoun

Usage notes

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

• arnach-

Old Irish terms prefixed with nach-

Further reading

• 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