"ну" meaning in Russian

See ну in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [nu] Audio: Ru-ну.ogg Forms: nu [romanization]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nu. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ru|sla-pro|*nu|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Slavic *nu, {{inh+|ru|sla-pro|*nu}} Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nu Head templates: {{ru-adv|ну}} ну • (nu)
  1. (colloquial) yeah, yep (impolite, sometimes implying a question - so what?) Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-ну-ru-adv-33t3SXq~ Categories (other): Russian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Russian entries with incorrect language header: 100 0

Interjection

IPA: [nu] Audio: Ru-ну.ogg Forms: nu [romanization]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nu. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ru|sla-pro|*nu|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Slavic *nu, {{inh+|ru|sla-pro|*nu}} Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nu Head templates: {{head|ru|interjection}} ну • (nu)
  1. well
    Sense id: en-ну-ru-intj-p3Irdl0V
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          "expansion": "→ Lithuanian: nu",
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            "1": "yi",
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          "text": "Ну что ж? ― Nu što ž? ― So what now?",
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        {
          "english": "No/I don't need it/I don't want to!",
          "roman": "Da nú!",
          "text": "Да ну́!",
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        {
          "english": "Really?!",
          "roman": "Da nu?!",
          "text": "Да ну?!",
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          "english": "‘It’s little enough I need!’ he said. ‘Is there chicken? – well, make a little chicken broth! Perhaps there’s salt beef? – then do a bit of salt beef! And a roast of some sort – for me that will suffice!’",
          "ref": "1880, Михаил Салтыков-Щедрин, “Племяннушка”, in Господа Головлёвы; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl., The Golovlevs, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986:",
          "roman": "— Mne nemnogo nado! — govoril on, — kuročka jestʹ? — nu, supcu iz kuročki svarite! Možet bytʹ, soloninka jestʹ — soloninki kusoček prigotovʹte! Žarkovca kakovo-nibudʹ… vot ja i syt!",
          "text": "— Мне немного надо! — говорил он, — курочка есть? — ну, супцу из курочки сварите! Может быть, солонинка есть — солонинки кусочек приготовьте! Жарковца какого-нибудь… вот я и сыт!",
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          "roman": "Da nu?!",
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          "ref": "1880, Михаил Салтыков-Щедрин, “Племяннушка”, in Господа Головлёвы; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl., The Golovlevs, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986:",
          "roman": "— Mne nemnogo nado! — govoril on, — kuročka jestʹ? — nu, supcu iz kuročki svarite! Možet bytʹ, soloninka jestʹ — soloninki kusoček prigotovʹte! Žarkovca kakovo-nibudʹ… vot ja i syt!",
          "text": "— Мне немного надо! — говорил он, — курочка есть? — ну, супцу из курочки сварите! Может быть, солонинка есть — солонинки кусочек приготовьте! Жарковца какого-нибудь… вот я и сыт!",
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