"ni-" meaning in Proto-Slavic

See ni- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: Negating prefix applied specifically on pronouns, most certainly of the same origin as Proto-Slavic *ni (“neither, not even”). Etymology templates: {{cog|sla-pro|*ni||neither, not even}} Proto-Slavic *ni (“neither, not even”) Head templates: {{head|sla-pro|prefix}} *ni-
  1. no- (with interrogatory pronouns) Tags: morpheme, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-ni--sla-pro-prefix-AILlJrZb Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header Derived forms: nikъ(jь) (english: nobody), ničьjь (english: nobody's), nikъto, ničьto (english: nothing), nikъterъ (english: none, nobody), nikako, nijako (english: in no way), nikakъ, nijakъ (english: neither, none), nikoli (english: for nothing), nikogъda, nikъda, nikъdy (english: never), nikъde (english: nowhere), nikǫda (english: to nowhere)
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "East Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "be",
            "2": "ні-"
          },
          "expansion": "Belarusian: ні- (ni-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Belarusian: ні- (ni-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "ни-"
          },
          "expansion": "Russian: ни- (ni-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Russian: ни- (ni-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uk",
            "2": "ні-"
          },
          "expansion": "Ukrainian: ні- (ni-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ukrainian: ні- (ni-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "South Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cu",
            "2": "ни-"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic: ни- (ni-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Church Slavonic: ни- (ni-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bg",
            "2": "ни́-"
          },
          "expansion": "Bulgarian: ни́- (ní-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bulgarian: ни́- (ní-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mk",
            "2": "ни-"
          },
          "expansion": "Macedonian: ни- (ni-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Macedonian: ни- (ni-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Serbo-Croatian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Serbo-Croatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "ни̏-",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Cyrillic script: ни̏-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cyrillic script: ни̏-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "nȉ-",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin script: nȉ-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin script: nȉ-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sl",
            "2": "ni-"
          },
          "expansion": "Slovene: ni-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Slovene: ni-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "West Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "ni-"
          },
          "expansion": "Czech: ni-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Czech: ni-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "ni-"
          },
          "expansion": "Polish: ni-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Polish: ni-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sk",
            "2": "ni-"
          },
          "expansion": "Slovak: ni-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Slovak: ni-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Sorbian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dsb",
            "2": "ni-"
          },
          "expansion": "Lower Sorbian: ni-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lower Sorbian: ni-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hsb",
            "2": "ni-"
          },
          "expansion": "Upper Sorbian: ni-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Upper Sorbian: ni-"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "*ni",
        "3": "",
        "4": "neither, not even"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *ni (“neither, not even”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Negating prefix applied specifically on pronouns, most certainly of the same origin as Proto-Slavic *ni (“neither, not even”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "*ni-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
  "lang_code": "sla-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ni-",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "nobody",
          "word": "nikъ(jь)"
        },
        {
          "english": "nobody's",
          "word": "ničьjь"
        },
        {
          "word": "nikъto"
        },
        {
          "english": "nothing",
          "word": "ničьto"
        },
        {
          "english": "none, nobody",
          "word": "nikъterъ"
        },
        {
          "word": "nikako"
        },
        {
          "english": "in no way",
          "word": "nijako"
        },
        {
          "word": "nikakъ"
        },
        {
          "english": "neither, none",
          "word": "nijakъ"
        },
        {
          "english": "for nothing",
          "word": "nikoli"
        },
        {
          "word": "nikogъda"
        },
        {
          "word": "nikъda"
        },
        {
          "english": "never",
          "word": "nikъdy"
        },
        {
          "english": "nowhere",
          "word": "nikъde"
        },
        {
          "english": "to nowhere",
          "word": "nikǫda"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "no- (with interrogatory pronouns)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ni--sla-pro-prefix-AILlJrZb",
      "links": [
        [
          "no-",
          "no-"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ni-"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "nobody",
      "word": "nikъ(jь)"
    },
    {
      "english": "nobody's",
      "word": "ničьjь"
    },
    {
      "word": "nikъto"
    },
    {
      "english": "nothing",
      "word": "ničьto"
    },
    {
      "english": "none, nobody",
      "word": "nikъterъ"
    },
    {
      "word": "nikako"
    },
    {
      "english": "in no way",
      "word": "nijako"
    },
    {
      "word": "nikakъ"
    },
    {
      "english": "neither, none",
      "word": "nijakъ"
    },
    {
      "english": "for nothing",
      "word": "nikoli"
    },
    {
      "word": "nikogъda"
    },
    {
      "word": "nikъda"
    },
    {
      "english": "never",
      "word": "nikъdy"
    },
    {
      "english": "nowhere",
      "word": "nikъde"
    },
    {
      "english": "to nowhere",
      "word": "nikǫda"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "East Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "be",
            "2": "ні-"
          },
          "expansion": "Belarusian: ні- (ni-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Belarusian: ні- (ni-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "ни-"
          },
          "expansion": "Russian: ни- (ni-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Russian: ни- (ni-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uk",
            "2": "ні-"
          },
          "expansion": "Ukrainian: ні- (ni-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ukrainian: ні- (ni-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "South Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cu",
            "2": "ни-"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic: ни- (ni-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Church Slavonic: ни- (ni-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bg",
            "2": "ни́-"
          },
          "expansion": "Bulgarian: ни́- (ní-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bulgarian: ни́- (ní-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mk",
            "2": "ни-"
          },
          "expansion": "Macedonian: ни- (ni-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Macedonian: ни- (ni-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Serbo-Croatian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Serbo-Croatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "ни̏-",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Cyrillic script: ни̏-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cyrillic script: ни̏-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "nȉ-",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin script: nȉ-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin script: nȉ-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sl",
            "2": "ni-"
          },
          "expansion": "Slovene: ni-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Slovene: ni-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "West Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "ni-"
          },
          "expansion": "Czech: ni-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Czech: ni-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "ni-"
          },
          "expansion": "Polish: ni-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Polish: ni-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sk",
            "2": "ni-"
          },
          "expansion": "Slovak: ni-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Slovak: ni-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Sorbian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dsb",
            "2": "ni-"
          },
          "expansion": "Lower Sorbian: ni-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lower Sorbian: ni-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hsb",
            "2": "ni-"
          },
          "expansion": "Upper Sorbian: ni-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Upper Sorbian: ni-"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "*ni",
        "3": "",
        "4": "neither, not even"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *ni (“neither, not even”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Negating prefix applied specifically on pronouns, most certainly of the same origin as Proto-Slavic *ni (“neither, not even”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "*ni-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
  "lang_code": "sla-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ni-",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Slavic lemmas",
        "Proto-Slavic prefixes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "no- (with interrogatory pronouns)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "no-",
          "no-"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ni-"
}

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