Greek semantic domain

Affirmation, Negation

In all languages negation is generally the so-called ‘marked category,’ that is to say, positive statements do not require some special lexical item in order to indicate that they are affirmative in nature. There is, however, in Greek one affirmative particle, namely, ναί (semantic domain 69.1).

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Domain ID: SDBC-DOMAIN-UBS-GRK-069
Source code: 069
Level: 1
Scheme: UBS Greek Lexical Domains

Member senses (22)

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ἆραindeed, then, ever
Sense details
a marker of a negative response to questions, usually implying anxiety or impatience^{[source note 1]}
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-000680-01
μήnot
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marker of negative propositions^{[source note 1]}
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-003278-01
μή[Glosses - en]
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a marker of a negative response to a question
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-003278-02
μήγεthough not, no indeed
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a combination of the negative particle μή[a] ‘not,’ semantic domain 69.3, and the somewhat emphatic postpositional particle γέ, semantic domain 91.6; these are often written separately
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-003279-01
μηδαμῶςno indeed, by no means, most certainly not
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a marker of strongly emphatic negation
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-003280-01
μηδέand not, nor, neither
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combination of the negative particle μή[a] ‘not,’ semantic domain 69.3, and the postpositive conjunction δέ[a] ‘and,’ semantic domain 89.94
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-003281-01
μηδέnot even
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combination of the negative particle μή[a] ‘not,’ semantic domain 69.3, and the postpositional particle δέ ‘even,’ which does not occur with this sense as an independent graphic unit in the NT
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-003281-02
μήτεneither … nor
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a marker of coordinate negativized expressions (combination of the negative particle μή[a] ‘not,’ semantic domain 69.3, and the postpositive conjunction τέ[a] ‘and,’ semantic domain 89.95)^{[source note 1]}
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-003295-01
μήτιsurely not, unless
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a marker of a somewhat more emphatic negative response
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-003297-01
ναίyes, yes it is true that, yes it is so, sure, indeed
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an affirmative response to questions or statements or an emphatic affirmation of a statement
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-003386-01
οὐnot
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marker of negative propositions^{[source note 1]}
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-003661-01
οὐ[Glosses - en]
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marker of an affirmative response to a question^{[source note 2]}
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-003661-02
οὐno
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a negative response to questions or statements or an emphatic negation of a statement
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-003661-03
οὐby no means, certainly not
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a marker of emphatic negation^{[source note 3]}
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-003661-04
οὐnot
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a marker of a strongly emphatic affirmative response to a question
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-003661-05
οὐδαμῶςno indeed, by no means, most certainly not
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a marker of strongly emphatic negation
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-003665-01
οὐδέand not, nor, neither
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combination of the negative particle οὐ[a] ‘not,’ semantic domain 69.3, and the postpositive conjunction δέ[a] ‘and,’ semantic domain 89.94
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-003666-01
οὐδέnot even
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combination of the negative particle οὐ[a] semantic domain 69.3, and the postpositional particle δέ ‘even,’ which does not occur with this sense as an independent graphic unit in the NT
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-003666-02
οὐκοῦν[Glosses - en]
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a marker of a somewhat more emphatic affirmative response
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-003671-01
οὔτεneither … nor
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a marker of coordinate negativized expressions (combination of the negative particle οὐ[a] semantic domain 69.3, and the postpositive conjunction τέ[a] ‘and,’ semantic domain 89.95)^{[source note 1]}
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-003682-01
οὐχίnot, not indeed
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a marker of a somewhat more emphatically negativized proposition
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-003685-01
οὐχί[Glosses - en]
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a marker of a somewhat more emphatic affirmative response
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-003685-02