несть

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nʲesʲtʲ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic нѣсть (něstĭ).

Alternative forms

• нѣсть (něstʹ) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Predicative

несть • (nestʹ)

1. (ecclesiastic or poetic) there is no, there are no [with genitive ‘something’ and у (u, + genitive) ‘possessed by someone’] (often idiomatically translated by English not have with the object of у (u) as the subject)

   Synonym: (regular term) нет (net)

   Antonym: есть (jestʹ)

   несть конца́ ― nestʹ koncá ― there is no end (in sight), endless(ly)

Etymology 2

Verb

несть • (nestʹ) impf

1. (poetic or low colloquial) alternative form of нести́ (nestí)