не

See also: нѐ, -не, не-, н. е., and Appendix:Variations of "ne"

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [nʲe]
IPA^(key): [nʲa] (before a stressed syllable, even if no change in spelling)
Rhymes: -a, -e
Audio: (file)

Adverb

не • (nje)

no (word used to indicate disagreement or negative)

Alternative forms

ня (nja) — Taraškievica orthography (before a stressed syllable)

Particle

не • (nje)

not
я не разуме́ю ― ja nje razumjéju ― I don't understand

Usage notes

By some standards and conventions не (nje) is always written, even if it's pronounced as ня (nja).
ня (nja) can sometimes be replaced with не (nje) but не (nje) can't be replaced with ня (nja) if it's not in a pre-tonal position, for example:
1. я ня ве́даю (ja nja vjédaju) = я не ве́даю (ja nje vjédaju)
2. я ня разуме́ю (ja nja razumjéju) = я не разуме́ю (ja nje razumjéju)
ня (nja) can't replace не (nje) in any stressed position or as an adverb no (word used to indicate disagreement or negative)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [nɛ]
Audio: (file)

Particle

не • (ne)

used to show disagreement or negation, no
Не, грешиш.
Ne, grešiš.
No, you are mistaken.

Не, сега не може да гледаш телевизия.
Ne, sega ne može da gledaš televizija.
No, you may not watch television now.
used to negate the meaning of the following word or phrase, not, n't
Не знам.
Ne znam.
I don't know.

Не мога.
Ne moga.
I cannot.

Мария не им даде възможност да се извинят.
Marija ne im dade vǎzmožnost da se izvinjat.
Maria didn't give them a chance to apologize.

Не Мария им даде възможност да се извинят.
Ne Marija im dade vǎzmožnost da se izvinjat.
It was not Maria who gave them a chance to apologize. (Someone else did.)

Не на тях Мария даде възможност да се извинят.
Ne na tjah Marija dade vǎzmožnost da se izvinjat.
It was not to them that Maria gave a chance to apologize. (She gave it to someone else.)

Не възможност да се извинят им даде Мария.
Ne vǎzmožnost da se izvinjat im dade Marija.
It was not a chance to apologize that Maria gave them. (She gave them something else.)

Не да се извинят им даде възможност Мария.
Ne da se izvinjat im dade vǎzmožnost Marija.
It was not a chance to apologize that Maria gave them. (She gave them a chance to do something else.)

Anagrams

не- (ne-)

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Alternative scripts
Arabic	نە
Cyrillic	не
Latin	ne

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Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *nē- (“what”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ne/

Pronoun

не • (ne)

(interrogative) what

Conjunction

не • (ne)

and

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [nɛ]
Audio: (file)
Homophone: нѐ (nè)

Adverb

не • (ne)

no

Particle

не • (ne)

not

Etymology

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

Particle

не • (ne)

no
not

Related terms

ни (ni)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ne. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic не (ne) and Old Polish nie.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɛ/→/nʲɛ/→/nʲɛ/

(ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /nɛ/
(ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /nʲɛ/
(ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /nʲɛ/

Hyphenation: не

Particle

не (ne)

no
not
- 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik‎, page 2:
  не рече оустꙑ тъчью иꙁгл҃аахъ·
  ne reče usty tŭčĭju izgl:aaxŭ·
  He didn't say: I just pronounced [them] with [my] mouth;

Descendants

Old Ruthenian: не (ne)
- Belarusian: не (nje)
- Carpathian Rusyn: не (ne)
- Ukrainian: не (ne)
Russian: не (ne)

References

Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “не”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 354

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ne, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *ne. Cognates include Lithuanian ne, Old English ne, Gothic 𐌽𐌹 (ni), Irish ní, Latin ne, Sanskrit न (ná).

Pronunciation

(unstressed) IPA^(key): [nʲɪ]
(stressed) IPA^(key): [ˈnʲe]
Audio: (file)
Homophone: ни (ni) (when unstressed)

Particle

не • (ne)

(negative in full) not, no, -n't, without
Он не зна́ет ― On ne znájet ― He does not know.

не долете́в до це́ли ― ne doletév do céli ― without having reached the target

он не ге́ний ― on ne génij ― he is no genius

Не де́лай э́того! ― Ne délaj étovo! ― Don’t do it!

Не говори́ ни сло́ва! ― Ne govorí ni slóva! ― don’t say a word!
Idiomatic negative usage
(мне) не по себе́ ― (mne) ne po sebé ― (I) feel sick; (I) feel uncomfortable

не раз ― ne raz ― more than once (literary: not once); time and again; repeatedly; many a time

Я ви́дел вас не раз. ― Ja vídel vas ne raz. ― I have seen you often.

тем не ме́нее ― tem ne méneje ― nevertheless
(partial negative) perhaps not, whether ... or not
Сча́стье не сча́стье, но что́-то похо́жее. ― Sčástʹje ne sčástʹje, no štó-to poxóžeje. ― Perhaps not happiness, but something very much like it.

Хо́чешь не хо́чешь, а придётся сде́лать. ― Xóčešʹ ne xóčešʹ, a pridjótsja sdélatʹ. ― like it or not, you’ll have to do it.
will never (implying impossibility to do something)
Ему́ э́того не сде́лать. ― Jemú étovo ne sdélatʹ. ― He will never do it.
(usually not translated, gives affirmative meaning for expression, especially in exclamations)
Како́й ру́сский не лю́бит бы́строй езды́! ― Kakój rússkij ne ljúbit býstroj jezdý! ― What Russian doesn't like fast driving!

Кто не лю́бит пое́сть! ― Kto ne ljúbit pojéstʹ! ― Who doesn't like a good meal!

Usage notes

не sometimes appears stressed, e.g. in the past negative of быть (bytʹ, “to be”), where the forms appear as не́ был (né byl), не была́ (ne bylá), не́ было (né bylo), не́ были (né byli) (i.e. не is stressed in the masculine singular, the neuter singular and the plural, but not the feminine singular).

Prefix

не • (ne)

(With prepositions and pronouns не actually is a prefix, in spite of the fact that it is written separately.)
не́ с кем (né s kem, “from”) → не́кем (nékem)

не́ из чего́ (né iz čevó, “from”) → не́чего (néčevo)

Interjection

не • (ne)

(colloquial) no (used to show disagreement or negation)
Synonym: (standard and common term) нет (net)

Помо́жешь мне? Не, да́же и не ду́май. ― Pomóžešʹ mne? Ne, dáže i ne dúmaj. ― Will you help me? No, don't even think about it.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ne/

Particle

не (Latin spelling ne)

not (denoting negation)
Не знам. ― I don't know.

Он је не само даровит, већ и јако марљив. ― He is not only talented, but also very industrious.

хтео-не хтео ― whether you want it or not

Да не спаваш? ― Aren't you sleeping?

Не могу, а да не… ― I cannot but…

рећи не ― to say no, refuse, decline

не мање него… ― no less then…

не доћи ― to fail to come, not come

… Зар не? ― … Aren't you? (Do you?, Don't you?)

Interjection

не (Latin spelling ne)

no
Да ли си демократа? Не! ― Are you a democrat? No!

Synonyms

јок (dialectal, from Turkish)

Antonyms

да

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *nē-. Cognate with Kazakh не (ne), Karakalpak ne, Nogai не (ne, “what?”), Kyrgyz не (ne), Crimean Tatar ne, Kumyk не (ne), Bashkir ни (ni), Tatar ни (ni), Azerbaijani nə, Salar neñ, Turkish ne (“what?”), Uzbek na, Uyghur نە (ne), Khakas ноо (noo), Shor ноо, Tuvan чүү (çüü), Western Yugur ne, etc.

Pronoun

не • (ne)

what

More information Dari, Iranian Persian ...


Dari	نه, نی
Iranian Persian	نه
Tajik	не, на

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Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian (nē), see there for more.

Adverb

не • (ne)

no

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *ne, from Proto-Uralic *niŋä.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [nʲe]
Hyphenation: не

Noun

не • (nye)

woman
wife

Declension

More information Declension of не (nye) (regular), singular ...

Declension of не (nye) (regular)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	не (nye)	нехэʼ (nyexeh)	неˮ (nyeq)
genitive	неʼ (nyeh)	нехэʼ (nyexeh)	неˮ (nyeq)
accusative	нем (nyem°)	нехэʼ (nyexeh)	не (nye)
allative	нен (nyen°)	нехэняʼ (nyexenyah)	нехэˮ (nyexeq)
locative	нехэна (nyexena)	нехэняна (nyexenyana)	нехэˮна (nyexeqna)
ablative	нехэд (nyexed°)	нехэняд (nyexenyad°)	нехэт (nyexet°)
prolative	невна (nyewna)	нехэнямна (nyexenyamna)	неˮмӑна (nyeqmăna)

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References

Pyrerka, A. P., Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 78
N. M. Tereschenko (2005) “не”, in Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN
Irina Nikolaeva (2014) A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 33

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [nɛ]
Audio: (file)

Particle

не • (ne)

no
not