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NAILS: The American Sign Language (ASL) sign for "nails"
 

If you mean "nail" as in a rod shaped piece of metal, see NAIL

 

The concept of "nail" as in "fingernail / toenail" in ASL can be produced by running your dominant hands index finger over the nail of any finger on the non-dominant hand.

 

If you are referring to one NAIL you can point to that one specifically:

 

 

If you referring to your fingernails in general you can sign:

 

 

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Related concepts:

 

Nail polish can be signed a few different ways:

 

NAIL POLISH:

 

(fs)-NAIL-POLISH

 

(fs)-NAIL POLISH

 

NAIL CLIPPERS:

 

BITE NAILS:

 

If you wanted to discuss LONG NAILS, you could sign:

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Notes: 

See: HAND

See: FOOT

See: NAIL POLISH

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