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न था

was not

→ न
phrase Uncommon #3,717
was not न is a more literary or formal negative than नहीं. था agrees with a masculine singular subject.
HI: उस समय मुझे कोई संदेह न था।
EN: I had no doubt at the time.

हर कोई संतुष्ट न था।

Not everyone was satisfied.

परंतु डेढ़ सौ रुपये से इस तरह हाथ धो लेना आसान न था।

But it wasn't easy to part with 150 rupees like that.

जिस परिचित मार्ग से आए थे, उसका यहाँ पता न था।

There was no sign here of the familiar path they had come by.