nijaki

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Polish

Etymology

Univerbation of ni +‎ jaki. Sense 1 is a semantic loan from Latin neuter.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -aki
  • Syllabification: ni‧ja‧ki

Adjective

nijaki (comparative bardziej nijaki, superlative najbardziej nijaki, derived adverb nijak or nijako)

  2. (grammar, not comparable) neuter (gender)
  3. (colloquial or dialectal, Kielce, not comparable) no, none; neither
    Synonym: żaden
  4. (colloquial, comparable) bland, colorless, drab, lacklustre
    Synonym: bezbarwny

Declension

Declension of nijaki (velar)
singular plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter virile (= masculine personal) non-virile
nominative nijaki nijaka nijakie nijacy nijakie
genitive nijakiego nijakiej nijakiego nijakich
dative nijakiemu nijakiej nijakiemu nijakim
accusative nijakiego nijaki nijaką nijakie nijakich nijakie
instrumental nijakim nijaką nijakim nijakimi
locative nijakim nijakiej nijakim nijakich

Derived terms

(noun):

Further reading

  • nijaki in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • nijaki in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Jan Łoś (1886) “nijaki”, in “Gwara opoczyńska. Studium dialektologiczne”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (1), volume 11, page 186
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