není

See also: neni- and néni

Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech nenie, which was derived from Proto-Czech *nie by adding another negative prefix to make the negative more distinct. The word nie was derived from *neje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛɲiː]

Verb

není

1. third-person singular present indicative of nebýt

Usage notes

This is an irregular negative of je. Other Czech words become negative by the addition of the prefix ne-.