no
//no/ | /nôː/ | /no/ | /no/ | /nôː//
Serbo-Croatianconjnounparticle
Ћирилица: но ⇄one entry, two scripts
Definitions
- 1.but, however
Pogrešno, no bio si dosta blizu.
Wrong, but you were pretty close.
No os(j)ećam samo sreću.
But I can't feel anything but happy.
Tekst nije savršen, no nije li mogao biti bolji?
The text is not perfect, but could it have been better?
- 2.datedregionalthan (=nȅgo, ȍd)
bolji no on
better than him
bolji nego on/bolji od njega
better than him
Izgledaš bolje no ikad.
You' re looking better than ever.
- 3.noh
- 4.damn right!, you bet! very much so!
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nъ, (Russian но (no), ну (nu)), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nu (Lithuanian nu), from Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”), (Latin nun-c, Ancient Greek νῦν (nûn)).
Forms
- ноcyrillic