некто
Appearance
Russian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- нѣ́кто (ně́kto) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]не́кто • (nékto) m (indeclinable, invariable)
- indefinite pronoun, somebody, someone
- a certain
- Не́кто Па́влов ― Nékto Pávlov ― A certain Mr. Pavlov; one Mr. Pavlov.
Usage notes
[edit]- Only used in nominative and accusative cases, with no oblique declensions.
- The term is indeclinable. The inflected forms не́кого (nékovo), не́кому (nékomu), не́кем (nékem) are related but have a different meaning.