не-
Macedonian
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editне- • (ne-)
- A prefix used to derive negative senses.
- A prefix used to derive indefinite forms of interrogative adverbs, determiners, and pronouns.
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editOld Church Slavonic
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editне- • (ne-)
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edit- не (ne)
Russian
editPronunciation
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editне- or не́- • (ne- or né-)
Usage notes
edit- This prefix most commonly forms adjectives, e.g. небри́тый (nebrítyj, “unshaven”), неплохо́й (neploxój, “not bad, good”). However, it can also form adverbs, e.g. невпопа́д (nevpopád, “inappropriately, out of place”); nouns, in which case it's often stressed, e.g. не́друг (nédrug, “enemy”), не́жить (néžitʹ, “evil spirit; undead creature”), не́уч (néuč, “ignoramus (colloquial)”); and verbs, e.g. недоста́ть (nedostátʹ, “to lack”), неня́ть (nenjátʹ, “to not take (archaic)”).
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editDescendants
edit- → Kildin Sami: ни- (ni-)
Serbo-Croatian
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editне- (Latin spelling ne-)
- Prefix prepended to adjectives to create an adjective denoting a negative meaning (не (“not”)). Akin to un-, non-, im-, ir-.
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editUkrainian
editPronunciation
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editне- • (ne-)