NAY

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Traducere în limba română

nay I. adverb

1. (înv.) nu.

2. (lit., pentru subliniere) mai mult încă, ba, ce zic, ba mai mult, mai mult chiar, ba chiar, mai mult decât atât;

a friend, nay, a brother! un prieten, ce zic, un frate!

nay II. substantiv

nu, refuz;

he will not take nay el nu îngăduie refuzul;

I cannot say him nay nu pot să-l refuz, nu-l pot refuza;

no one dared to say him nay nimeni nu cuteza să-l împiedice;

yes and nay şovăială, codeală.

Nay, Sir Walter, cried Mrs Clay, this is being severe indeed.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

Nay, mate, returned Ben, not you.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

Nay, good father, I cannot tell.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Nay, my beloved, sweetest friend, continued the other, compose yourself.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

The lips were red, nay redder than before; and on the cheeks was a delicate bloom.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Nay, he encouraged White Fang to join in the chase.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

Nay, were your friend Lady Catherine to know me, I am persuaded she would find me in every respect ill qualified for the situation.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

Nay, Elinor, this reproach from YOU—you who have confidence in no one!

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

Nay, how could I help saying what I did?

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

Nay, Jim; I’ll stay with you a few days, but Belcher knows a deal more about training than I do.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)