Macedonian edit

Etymology edit

A negated form of the verb *ќе that is now defective and only used as an invariable future auxiliary. Cognate with Bulgarian ща and Serbo-Croatian hteti, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *xъtěti. Perceived as a contraction of не + сака.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

нејќе (nejḱe) third-singular presentimpf

  1. (transitive, proscribed) to not want (to)

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