Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From не- +‎ Proto-Slavic *kъjь.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nêkiː/
  • Hyphenation: не‧ки
  • Rhymes: -jiː

Pronoun

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не̏кӣ (Latin spelling nȅkī)

  1. some
    неки људи чекајуsome people are waiting
    у неку рукуin some way
    неко вр(иј)емеfor some time
    пр(иј)е неког временаsome time ago
  2. (in the plural, without a noun, substantively) some (people), people
    неки то воле жестокоsome like it hard
    неки су ми рекли да је досаданsome people told me that he's boring
  3. (with genitive) approximately, around
    неких сат времена сам читао књигуI was reading the book for around an hour
    неких пола сатаaround half an hour
    неких 30 људиabout 30 people
  4. certain
    у некој м(ј)ериto a certain extent

Declension

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References

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  • неки” in Hrvatski jezični portal