Mane (Îngilîzî)

Têgeh

hengaw

pêngav

نه

نا

Pircarînî

A1
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/pa/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

Inherited from Old French pas, from Latin passus. Its use as an auxiliary negative adverb comes from an accusative use (Latin nec… passum) in negative constructions – literally “not… a step”, i.e. “not at all” – originally used with certain verbs of motion. In older French other nouns could also be used in this way, such as ne… goutte (“not… a drop”) and ne… mie (“not… a crumb”), but in the modern language pas has become grammaticalized.

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