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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/neukъ

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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

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Etymology

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From *ne- (not) +‎ *učiti (to teach) +‎ *-ъ.

Adjective

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*neukъ

  1. ignorant, uneducated

Declension

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Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Ukrainian: неукий (neukyj)
  • South Slavic:

Noun

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*neukъ m

  1. ignorant person

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*neukъ(jь), *neuka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 56