není

See also: neni- and néni

Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech nenie, from a supposed earlier *nie, itself a contraction of ne- +‎ je, by adding another negative prefix to make the negative more distinct.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈnɛɲiː]

Verb

není

third-person singular present indicative of nebýt

Usage notes

This is an irregular negative of je. Other Czech words become negative by the addition of the prefix ne-.

References

^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “není”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 449

Huichol

Etymology

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Noun

není (plural neníte)

tongue

References

McIntosh, Juan B., Grimes, José (1954) ꞌNiuqui ꞌïquisicayari: Vixárica niuquiyári, teivári niuquiyári hepáïsita = Vocabulario huichol-castellano, castellano-huichol‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 18
McIntosh, Juan B., Grimes, José (1996) ꞌNiuqui ꞌïiquisicayari: Vixárica niuquiyári, teivári niuquiyári hepáïsita = Vocabulario huichol-castellano, castellano-huichol‎^[2] (in Spanish), unpublished edition, page 18

[Rejzek-1] Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “není”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 449

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