nikto

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• nikte

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nikъto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈɲikto/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈɲikto/

Pronoun

nikto m pers

1. no one, nobody

Declension

Declension of nikto (sg-only personal pronoun)

	singular
nominative	nikto
genitive	nikoho
dative	nikomu
accusative	nikoho
vocative	—
locative	nikom
instrumental	nikým

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: nikdo

References

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “nikto”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nikъto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲiktɔ/

Pronoun

nikto

1. no one, nobody

   Antonym: niekto

Further reading

• “nikto”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024