нєт

See also: Appendix:Variations of "net"

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak niet, from Proto-Slavic *nětu. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn нїт (njit), Slovak niet, and Russian нет (net).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɲɛt]
• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Hyphenation: нєт

Particle

нєт (njet)

1. there is no, there are no [with genitive]

   Antonym: єст (jest)

   • 2024 September 16, Л. Вереш, “Сполнєл дзецински сон [He fulfilled his childhood dream]”, in Руске Слово‎^[1]:

     За вушу нєт велїх учительох, та сом набавел кнїжки и учел сом по нїх.

     Za vušu njet veljix učitelʹox, ta som nabavel knjižki i učel som po njix.

     There aren't many teachers for Wushu, and so I got books and I learned from them.

   • 2024 October 5, Ан. Медєши, “Физична моц, заш лєм, зна буц препреченє [Physical power, after all, can be a hindrance]”, in Руске Слово‎^[2]:

     А о тим прецо вецей жени нє робя таку файту роботи гоч предрозсудки нєт и машини вше вецей заменюю физични предиспозициї, Валентина гвари:

     A o tim preco vecej ženi nje robja taku fajtu roboti hoč predrozsudki njet i mašini vše vecej zamenjuju fizični predispoziciji, Valentina hvari:

     And on why more women don't do that kind of work, even though there is no prejudice and machines are increasingly replacing physical predispositions, Valentina says:

Usage notes

• Only used in the present tense. нє будзе sg (nje budze) and нє буду pl (nje budu) are used for the future, while нє було sg (nje bulo) and нє були pl (nje buli) are used for the past.

Further reading

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “нєт”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy