нічогенький

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From нічо́гий (ničóhyj) +‎ -е́нький (-énʹkyj), from нічо́го (ničóho).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [nʲit͡ʃɔˈɦɛnʲkei̯]
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Adjective

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нічоге́нький (ničohénʹkyj) (adverb нічоге́нько) (colloquial)

  1. not too bad, quite decent
    Synonyms: непога́ний (nepohányj), поря́дний (porjádnyj), присто́йний (prystójnyj)
  2. quite nice, quite likable
    Synonym: симпати́чний (sympatýčnyj)
  3. decent-sized, quite (a) big
    Synonyms: величе́нький (velyčénʹkyj), чимале́нький (čymalénʹkyj)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “нічогий”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 105

Further reading

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