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Czech
Etymology
From ně- + co (“what, that”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
něco
- something
- Antonym: nic
- něco jiného ― something else
Declension
Declension of něco (sg-only inanimate pronoun)
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singular
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| nominative
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něco
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| genitive
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něčeho
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| dative
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něčemu
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| accusative
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něco
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| vocative
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| locative
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něčem
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| instrumental
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něčím
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Further reading
- “něco”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “něco”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “něco”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *něčьto; cognate with Polish nieco, Czech něco.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
něco
- some (followed by the genitive of a noun)
- něco sněga ― some snow
- something (followed by the genitive singular neuter of an adjective)
- něco nowego ― something new
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “něco”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “něco”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag