нет

See also: het, hét, and hết

Adyghe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [najt]

Noun

нет • (net)

1. intention

   Сэ синетыгъэр лӏыр сыукӏыныгъэрэп

   Să sinetəġăr ḷər səwč̣̍ənəġărăp

   My intention was not to kill the man.

   Нет сиӏэп шъузхэм ӏаеу сатегущыӏэнэу

   Net siʾăp ŝ°zxăm ʾāew sāteg°š̍əʾănăw

   I don't have any intention to talk badly about women.

   Нет сиӏ нэмазэ сышӏынэу

   Net siʾ nămāză səṣ̂ənăw

   I have intention to do prayer.

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Russian

Alternative forms

• нѣтъ (nět) – Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

From Old East Slavic нѣту (nětu), Proto-Slavic *nětu, from *ne (“not”) + *e, short form of *estь (“is”) + *tu (“there, here”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nʲet]

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Adverb

нет • (net)

1. no

   ещё нет ― ješčó net ― not yet

Verb

нет • (net) (impersonal verb)

1. there is no, there are no (+ genitive)

   Здесь нет доро́г.

   Zdesʹ net doróg.

   There are no roads here.

   У меня́ нет книг.

   U menjá net knig.

   I have no books. (literally, “There are no books with me.”)

   Его́ нет.

   Jevó net.

   He’s not here. (literally, “There is no him [here].”)

Usage notes

The past tense of нет (net) is не́ было (né bylo), and the future tense is не бу́дет (ne búdet).

Synonyms

• (colloquial, verb only) не́ту (nétu)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) , “нет”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubačóv, Moscow: Progress
• Černyx, P. Ja. (1999) , “нет”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 570