nech

See also: nëch and nēch-

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛx]

Verb

nech

1. second-person singular imperative of nechat

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *nekʷos (“someone, something”); compare nach (“some, any”). Cognate with Welsh neb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n͈ʲex/

Pronoun

nech

1. someone, anyone, (after a negative particle) no one

For quotations using this term, see Citations:nech.

Inflection

Case	Animate	Neuter
Nominative	nech	ní
Accusative	nech
Genitive	neich
Dative	neuch, neoch

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “nech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003), D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 489, pages 309–10