нет

See also: het, hét, and hết

Russian

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 nyet) — “not yet”

Verb

нет • (net) (impersonal verb)

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

   Здесь нет доро́г. (Zdes’ 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) 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 Trubačev O. N., 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