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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ničьto. By surface analysis, ни (ni, “not”) + что́ (štó, “what”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (phonetic respelling: ништо́)
Pronoun
ничто́ • (ništó) n
- (indefinite pronoun) nothing
Ничто́ не говори́ло (o чём-либо).- Ništó ne govorílo (o čom-libo).
- Nothing foretold (of anything).
Usage notes
- The nominative and accusative are usually replaced by the genitive ничего́ (ničevó) in colloquial speech, and may be considered synonyms.
- With prepositions, ничто́ (ništó) is split into ни (ni) and что (što), with the preposition in between, such as in ни за что (ni za što, “not for anything”).
Declension
Declension of ничто́
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| nominative
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ничто́
ništó
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| genitive
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ничего́
ničevó
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| dative
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ничему́
ničemú
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| accusative
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ничто́
ništó
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| instrumental
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ниче́м
ničém
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| prepositional
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ни о чём
ni o čóm
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