neka

See also: nekā and nęka

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀦𑁂𑀓 (Brahmi script)
  • नेक (Devanagari script)
  • নেক (Bengali script)
  • නෙක (Sinhalese script)
  • နေက (Burmese script)
  • เนก (Thai script)
  • ᨶᩮᨠ (Tai Tham script)
  • នេក (Khmer script)

Etymology

Aphetic form of aneka

Adjective
  1. several
  2. many

References

neka in Pali Text Society (1921–1925), Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead. (licensed under CC-BY-NC)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nekъ. Compare Polish niech and Slovak nech.

Particle

nȅka (Cyrillic spelling не̏ка)

  1. let, may

References
  • “neka” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Etymology

From nej (“no”), similar to jaka (“to say yes”). From Old Swedish neka, Norwegian neikka, Danish nege, applying a -k suffix to Icelandic nei and Old Swedish ne. This goes further back to Germanic nikon. There is also an additional -t suffix in Swedish dialectal näkta, south Swedish nejta, Danish negte, Norwegian nekta

Verb

neka

  1. to say no, to deny, to refuse, to disallow

Conjugation
Conjugation of neka (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive neka nekas
Present tense nekar nekas
Past tense nekade nekades
Supine nekat nekats
Imperative neka —
Present participle nekande
Past participle nekad

References
  • neka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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