Old East Slavic edit

Etymology edit

From нѣ- (ně-) +‎ кꙑи (kyi, which).

Pronunciation edit

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈneːkɯjɪ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈnʲeːkɯjɪ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈnʲeːkɯj/
  • Hyphenation: нѣ‧кꙑ‧и

Determiner edit

нѣкꙑи (někyi)

  1. a certain; some kind of
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik[1], page 1:
      [Слово] нѣкоѥг[о] [калꙋ]г[е]ра· о чь[тѥнии кн]игъ⁖
      [Slovo] někojeg[o] [kalu]g[e]ra· o čĭ[tjenii kn]igŭ⁖
      The speech of a certain monk on the reading of books.

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Old Ruthenian: нѣ́кїй (ně́kij)
  • Russian: не́кий (nékij)

References edit

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “нѣкꙑи”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[2] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 485