nae
9.9
No one or nothing in Scots dialect
- pronoun
- UK
:
nadie
- There's nae one here to help us.
Examples
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After searching the field, they found nae of the missing sheep.
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There was nae left in the hall after the concert ended.
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He looked around and saw nae to help him with the heavy box.
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I have nae idea what you mean.
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There's nae one here to help us.
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I have nae idea what you mean.
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After searching the field, they found nae of the missing sheep.
Synonyms
nothing
vsnae
∞
1.0
Not anything of interest or value
is the Scots dialect form that covers people as well as things
none
vsnae
∞
1.0
Not any of a group of people or things
is the Scots dialect form used instead in informal speech
30
8.3
The state of having no value, result, or importance
is the Scots dialect equivalent used for absence in everyday speech
19
9.9
Not anything or zero
is the Scots dialect pronunciation form rather than general nonstandard speech
6
9.4
Nothing at all
is the native Scots dialect form rather than a foreign loanword
1
9.9
Not anything at all
is the Scots dialect variant rather than the northern English form
Surface Forms
nae subject case
Etymology
The word nae comes from an old English word nā meaning 'not one' and is the same root as English none. So, used as a pronoun it means 'no one' or 'none'.