несть

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Russian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic нѣсть (něstĭ).

Alternative forms

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Predicative

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несть (nestʹ)

  1. (ecclesiastic or poetic) there is no, there are no [with genitive ‘something’ and у (u, + genitive) ‘possessed by someone’] (often idiomatically translated by English not have with the object of у (u) as the subject)
    Synonym: (regular term) нет (net)
    Antonym: есть (jestʹ)
    несть конца́nestʹ koncáthere is no end (in sight), endless(ly)

Etymology 2

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Verb

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несть (nestʹimpf

  1. (poetic or low colloquial) alternative form of нести́ (nestí)