нечего
Russian edit
Alternative forms edit
- не́ча (néča) — colloquial, nonstandard
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
не́чего • (néčevo)
- there is nothing to (negative genitive of что (što))
- there is no need, (one) need not, (it is) no use
- не́чего жа́ловаться ― néčevo žálovatʹsja ― stop complaining (literally, “it is no use complaining”)
Usage notes edit
- The preceding noun or pronoun is in the dative case; the verb that follows is in the infinitive.
- Prepositions are inserted between не (ne) and the form of что (što): не́ для чего, не́ к чему, не́ с чем.