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nae /neɪ / Scottish English
▸ determiner Scottish form of no (determiner):
it's nae bother.
▸ exclamation Scottish form of no (interjection):
He was asked if he was ever going back east. 'Nae, son,' he replied.
▸ adverb
1 Scottish form of not (adverb):
it's nae as guid as whiskey
he's nae doing badly south of the border.
2 Scottish form of no (adverb):
we were just bairns, nae aulder than you lassies are.