никога

Bulgarian

Etymology

From ни- (ni-, “negating particle”) +‎ кога (koga, “when”), continuing Proto-Slavic *nikoda, *nikogъda.

Adverb

нѝкога • (nìkoga)

1. never (at no time)

   Antonym: всякога (vsjakoga)

2. nevermore

Alternative forms

• нѝкоги (nìkogi) (archaic)
• никога̀ж (nikogàž) (emphatic + же (že), archaic)
• никада̀ (nikadà) (dialectal)
• нѝвга (nìvga) (colloquial)

References

• никога in Речник на българския език
• Georgiev Vl. I., Duridanov I., editors (1995), “никога”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 647
• Georgiev Vl. I., Duridanov I., editors (1995), “нивга”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 636