nav

This is the 7th most frequent Latvian word.


nav

"Nav" means "is not" or "does not exist."


'Nav' is used to indicate the absence of possession or availability in a statement.

Man nav laika.

I do not have time.


Here, 'nav' expresses the nonexistence of something associated with someone, in this case friends related to 'her'.

Viņai nav draugu.

She has no friends.


'Nav' is applied to express a general absence or lack of something, such as novelty or news.

Nav nekā jauna.

Nothing is new.