nay
意味
- 《古》いな,いや(no)
- 《文》そればかりでなく,それどころか
- 拒絶,否定
- 反対投票;反対投票者
例文
Nay, then, I will try it.
いや、それなら僕がやってみよう。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English nai, nei, from Old Norse nei (“no”), contraction of ne (“not”) + ei (“ever”), itself from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”). More at no. The verb is from Middle English nayen (“to refuse, deny, gainsay”), from the interjection and adverb above.