nechť
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Czech nechť. By surface analysis, nech (“leave, let”) + -ť. Compare Polish niech, Serbo-Croatian neka, and Ukrainian неха́й (nexáj).
Pronunciation edit
Particle edit
nechť
- let (used to introduce a third person imperative verb construction)
- Synonym: ať
- Nechť tě provází Síla. ― May the Force be with you.
See also edit
Further reading edit
Old Czech edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From nech (“leave, let”) + -ť. Compare Old Polish niech.
Pronunciation edit
Particle edit
nechť
- (hortative) Forms third person imperative; let
Conjunction edit
nechť
- Forms a conditional; let; even though
- Sets a goal; let
Descendants edit
- Czech: nechť
References edit
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “nechť”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění