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Ukrainian
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish nikczemny.[1] With -ний (-nyj) suffix. Compare Russian никчёмный (nikčómnyj), Belarusian нікчэ́мны (nikčémny).
Pronunciation
Adjective
нікче́мний • (nikčémnyj) (abstract noun нікче́мність)
- good-for-nothing, no good, no-good, useless, worthless
- Synonym: нікуди́шній (nikudýšnij)
- contemptible, despicable
- Synonym: жалюгі́дний (žaljuhídnyj)
Declension
Declension of нікче́мний (hard)
References
- ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “нікчемний”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “нікчемний”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “нікчемний”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “нікчемний”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “нікчемний”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “нікчемний”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)