ничего
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ни- (ni-) + чего́ (čevó).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): [nʲɪt͡ɕɪˈvo] (phonetic respelling: ничево́)
Audio: (file) - (colloquial) IPA(key): [nʲɪˈt͡ɕɵ] (phonetic respelling: ничё)
- (Southern Russia) IPA(key): [nʲit͡ɕaˈɣo] (phonetic respelling: ничяго́)
- (Belarus) IPA(key): [nʲit͡ʂɨˈvo] (phonetic respelling: ничыво́)
- (Ukraine) IPA(key): [nʲit͡ʃʲiˈʋɔ] (phonetic respelling: ничево́)
Pronoun
[edit]ничего́ • (ničevó)
Derived terms
[edit]Compounds:
- всего́ ничего́ (vsevó ničevó)
- ничего́ себе́ (ničevó sebé)
Adjective
[edit]ничего́ • (ničevó) (no comparative)
- (colloquial) so-so, not bad, fair
Interjection
[edit]ничего́ • (ničevó)
- never mind!; that's all right!; no problem!
- 1888, Антон Чехов, “I”, in Степь; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Steppe, 1919:
- — Ничего, ничего, брат Егор, ничего… — забормотал скороговоркой о. Христофор. — Ничего, брат… Призывай бога… Не за худом едешь, а за добром. Ученье, как говорится, свет, а неученье — тьма… Истинно так.
- — Ničevo, ničevo, brat Jegor, ničevo… — zabormotal skorogovorkoj o. Xristofor. — Ničevo, brat… Prizyvaj boga… Ne za xudom jedešʹ, a za dobrom. Učenʹje, kak govoritsja, svet, a neučenʹje — tʹma… Istinno tak.
- "Never mind, never mind, Yegor boy, never mind," Father Christopher muttered rapidly—"never mind, my boy. . . . Call upon God. . . . You are not going for your harm, but for your good. Learning is light, as the saying is, and ignorance is darkness. . . . That is so, truly."
Related terms
[edit]- ничего́шеньки (ničegóšenʹki)
See also
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