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# un

«un» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **«not» or «the opposite of»: unhappy (not happy), unkind…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

fragment / prefix (un-); abbreviation (UN); French and Spanish word (un, «a/one»)

### meaning for a pupil

1) As «un-» at the start of a word, it means «not» or «the opposite of»: unhappy (not happy), unkind, unlock (do the opposite of lock). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/un/#m1)

2) UN (written in capitals) stands for the United Nations, a group of nearly all the countries of the world that works for peace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/un/#m2)

3) In French and Spanish, «un» means «a» or «one». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/un/#m3)

4) (informal, dialect) In some speech «'un» is a clipped «one»: «a good 'un», «the little 'uns». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/un/#m4)

5) In old dialect speech, «un» can mean «him» or «it». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/un/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is a prefix meaning "not" in the commentary, and it is a stray scanning error in one quote. In the primary lessons: In English lessons pupils learn that un- builds opposites; in maths, «un» is part of words like «unequal» and «unknown» (the number we are looking for). On the news «the UN» is the United Nations. In UK speech «a good 'un» means a good person. Phrases: «the UN», «UN peacekeepers», «a good 'un».

### examples

- But Isaac Myer states that there are un- doubted traces of pointing in Hebrew MSS. of the second century. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/un/#x1)
- It therefore follows that, according to the author of the Sefer Yetzirali II, the twenty-two letters are divided into ten double rns: -:c ,rox and twelve simple letters psy cjr "un Ti.-i. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/un/#x2)
- Add un- to «happy» and you get «unhappy». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/un/#x3)
- The door was unlocked, so we went in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/un/#x4)
- The UN sends peacekeepers to troubled places. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/un/#x5)
- In French, «un chat» means «a cat». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/un/#x6)
- Grandad says our dog is a good 'un. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/un/#x7)
- The little 'uns are playing in the sandpit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/un/#x8)
- Find the unknown number in the sum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/un/#x9)

### note

Not a normal word on its own in English. Do not confuse prefix un- with in-/im-/dis- (incorrect, impossible, dislike): each word takes its own. «Unlock» undoes an action; «unhappy» means «not». UN is said as two letters: «you-en».

### In the corpora

- [Prefixes meaning «not» include un-, in-, im-, il- and ir-.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir/14/)
- [cent ("sahn") means a hundred; a euro cent is called un centime ("sahn-TEEM").](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts/12/)
- [rouge means red and already ends in e: une pomme rouge, un camion rouge.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/9-colours/15/)
- [noir is the masculine and noire the feminine; both sound "NWAR": un chien noir, une souris noire.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/9-colours/16/)
- [Une semaine ("un suh-MEN") is a week; French calendars start the week on lundi.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/10-days-of-the-week-and-months/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «un» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/un/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.