není

See also: neni- and néni

Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech nenie, which was derived from Proto-Czech *nie by adding another negative prefix to make the negative more distinct. The word nie was derived from *neje.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈnɛɲiː]

Verb

není

  1. 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
  1. "není" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN, page 449.
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