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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ne

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *ne.

Particle

*ne [1]

  1. not

Usage notes

This was a general negation particle. It normally preceded the word which was to be negated.

Derived terms
  • *ne bo
  • *ne bo edьnъ
  • *ne čajati sę
  • *ne esmь, *ne esi, *ne estь
  • *ne (j)e tu
  • *ne go
  • *ne go li
  • *ne xaji
  • *ne (j)u go?
  • *ne (j)u že
  • *ne (j)e žě li
  • *ne jьmati
  • *ne lětь
  • *ne li / *ne lě
  • *ne lьga / *ne lьza
  • *ne olni
  • *ne vojisto?
  • *ne že
  • *ne že li
  • *ně

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: не (ne)
    • Bulgarian: не (ne)
    • Macedonian: не (ne)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: не
      Latin: ne
    • Slovene: nȅ, ne (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: ne
    • Polish: nie
    • Slovak: nie
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: ně, nje-, njej- (in some forms of the verb byś only), nja- (in some verbs only), njo- (in some forms of the verb kšěś only), nic (negation of the sentence)
      • Upper Sorbian: ně, nje-, njej- (in some forms of the verb być only), no- (in some forms of the verb chcyć only), ni- (in some forms of the verb měć only), nic (negation of the sentence)

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ne”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 347
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