нѣкꙑи

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Old East Slavic

Etymology

From нѣ- (ně-) +‎ кꙑи (kyi, “which”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈneːkɯjɪ/→/ˈnʲeːkɯjɪ/→/ˈnʲeːkɯj/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈneːkɯjɪ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈnʲeːkɯjɪ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈnʲeːkɯj/

  • Hyphenation: нѣ‧кꙑ‧и

Determiner

нѣкꙑи (někyi)

  1. a certain; some kind of
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik‎, page 1:
      [Слово] нѣкоѥг[о] [калꙋ]г[е]ра· о чь[тѥнии кн]игъ⁖
      někojeg gra· o čĭ[tjenii kn]igŭ⁖
      The speech of a certain monk on the reading of books.

Declension

Long declension of нѣкꙑи (hard o/a stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Neuter Feminine Masculine Neuter Feminine Masculine Neuter Feminine
Nominative нѣкꙑи
někyi 		нѣкое
někoje 		нѣкаꙗ
někaja 		нѣкаꙗ
někaja 		нѣцѣи
něcěi 		нѣции
něcii 		нѣкаꙗ
někaja 		нѣкꙑѣ
někyjě
Genitive нѣкого
někogo 		нѣкꙑѣ
někyjě 		нѣкую
někuju 		нѣкую
někuju 		нѣкꙑихъ
někyixŭ 		нѣкꙑихъ
někyixŭ
Dative нѣкому
někomu 		нѣкои
někoi 		нѣкꙑима
někyima 		нѣкꙑима
někyima 		нѣкꙑимъ
někyimŭ 		нѣкꙑимъ
někyimŭ
Accusative нѣкꙑи
někyi 		нѣкое
někoje 		нѣкѫѭ
někǫjǫ 		нѣкаꙗ
někaja 		нѣцѣи
něcěi 		нѣкꙑѣ
někyjě 		нѣкаꙗ
někaja 		нѣкꙑѣ
někyjě
Instrumental нѣкꙑимь
někyimĭ 		нѣкоѭ
někojǫ 		нѣкꙑима
někyima 		нѣкꙑима
někyima 		нѣкꙑими
někyimi 		нѣкꙑими
někyimi
Locative нѣкомь
někomĭ 		нѣкои
někoi 		нѣкую
někuju 		нѣкую
někuju 		нѣкꙑихъ
někyixŭ 		нѣкꙑихъ
někyixŭ

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: нѣ́кїй (ně́kij)
  • Russian: не́кий (nékij)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “нѣкꙑи”, 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 485
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