Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ne

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

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

*ne^[1]

1. not

This was a general negation particle. It normally preceded the word which was to be negated.

• *ně

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: не (ne)
    • Belarusian: не (nje), ня (nja) (before a stressed syllable)
    • Russian: не (ne)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: не (ne), нї (nji)
    • Ukrainian: не (ne)
  • Old Novgorodian: не (ne)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: не (ne)

    Glagolitic script: ⱀⰵ (ne)

  • Bulgarian: не (ne)
  • Macedonian: не (ne)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: не

    Latin: ne

  • Slovene: nȅ, ne (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: ne
    • Czech: ne
  • Old Polish: nie
    • Polish: nie
    • Silesian: niy, ńy (Steuers Silesian alphabet), nie
  • Old Slovak: nie
    • Pannonian Rusyn: нє (nje)
    • Slovak: nie
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: nié
    • Slovincian: njê
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: ně, nje-
    • Upper Sorbian: ně, nje-