adv. used in reply to a question, etc. in the neg.,
no, nay,
by no means
. By
Thurn. Hdb. 492
regarded as a compd.
of tó `yes'; by Pedersen
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 260
derived from Mid.
W. nado (mod. W. naddo).
In answer to a question: ceist tra et mulieres . . . hi [= in]
pridchabat? nathó ol Pol taceant
will they preach? No, says
Paul,
Wb. 13a13
.
`In raga-so lim-sa?' `Nathó' ol sisi,
IT i
127.30
(LU) =
ní tó,
ib. 13
(Eg.).
`Cesc [leg. cest], ind derbgelsid?' ol M. `Nató'. [o]l sesom,
Mon. Tall. § 21.
`In frithalaid
nech . . .?' ol se. `Natho' ol C.,
TBC-I¹ 511.
`Nach leór a comram sin . . .?' or A. `Nátho' or C.,
FB 57.
Expressing dissent or refusal:
`is cōru mo lecud-sa' ar E.
`Náthó' or F. `messi leicfidir',
SCC 44.
`Fearr damsa a n-edargairi' ol N. `Nato' ol T.,
RC xxiv 194 y
.
`Táet ille in gilla
. . . co comairsem'. `Nathó' for C.,
FB 31.
`Gad mo moing
dim!' or se. `Natho' or in gilla (= I will not),
ZCP xiii 178.26
.
`Ná hindis do neoch in ní atc[h]onnacais' `Nát[h]o' ar L.
.i. amnas leis a cleith (= I will tell it),
Ériu xi 48.13
. co
targaid in mnaí cetna do C. . . . `Natho' ol C. (declining the
offer),
CCath. 1142.
buí oc iarraid a marbhtha ar in rígh. `Nato'
ar Cesair, `acht beir buidhe do betha[d]',
1294
. See níthó.