nú

Alternative forms

• núgv

Etymology

From Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic *nu (“now”), from Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʉuː/
• Rhymes: -ʉuː

Adverb

nú (not comparable)

1. now

Etymology

From Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic *nu (“now”), from Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuː/
• Rhymes: -uː

Adverb

nú

1. now

   Synonym: núna

   • Gunnar Gunnarsson, Fjallkirkjan p. 174

     Nú drekkum við velkomandaminni!

     Now we drink to his/her arrival!

   • 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson

     Krummi krunkar úti,
     kallar á nafna sinn:
     „Ég fann höfud af hrúti
     hrygg og gæruskinn.“
     Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,
     krummi nafni minn.

     “Krummi croaks outside,
     calling his namesake:
     ‘I found the head of a ram,
     backbone and sheepskin.’
     Come now and peck with me,
     Krummi, my namesake.”

Romanization

nú (nu², Zhuyin ㄋㄨˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 伮
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 奴
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 孥
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 帆
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 挏
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 笯
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 胬
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蒘
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 駑／驽
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鴑

Alternative forms

• ᚾᚢ (nu), ᚿᚢ (nu)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nu (“now”), from Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”).

Adverb

nú (not comparable)

1. now

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

Adjective

nú (feminine nua, masculine plural nús, feminine plural nuas)

1. Prescribed spelling of nu under the Orthographic Agreement of 1931, which was not implemented; now a common misspelling.