part adv. introducing direct negative questions; prob. orig. a particular case of 4 nach, cf. O.Ir. in nád (nach), in ní nád = Lat. nonne ? Used with 3 s. pres. ind. of cop. and all forms of other vbs. nach hé Adam óssar na ṅdúle ? is not A. the youngest ? SR 1831. nach tussu in caur codnach ? TBC-LL¹ 3100. nach siat na Meic Nechtain sin ?, 1219 . nachdat Galile uli ind fhairend ?, PH 5378. nach fetfa-su ar n-etráin ? 1806 . nách tuicthí-si ?, 1809 . (with ro- form of vb.) nachar-legais isin tshoscela innsce Crist ? hast thou not read . . . ? 660 . nachar-inislig he buden ? has he not humbled himself ? 662 .