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Polish
Etymology
From the second-person imperative singular of niechać (“to give”). Compare Serbo-Croatian neka and Ukrainian неха́й (nexáj).
Pronunciation
Particle
niechaj
- (dated) emphatic form of niech
Derived terms
Verb
niechaj
- second-person singular imperative of niechać
Further reading
- niechaj in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- niechaj in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Antoni Waga (1860) “niechać”, in “Abecadłowy spis wyrazów ludowego języka w okolicach Łomży, Wizny i przyległych”, in Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, editor, Biblioteka Warszawska (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 754