никнути
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Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- нићи (alternative infinitive)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *niknǫti.
Pronunciation
Verb
ни̏кнути pf (Latin spelling nȉknuti)
- (intransitive) to sprout, shoot up
- (intransitive) to spring up, crop up
- (intransitive) to appear, emerge, arise
Conjugation
1 Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
2 For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
Related terms
- ни̏цати impf
Further reading
- “никнути”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Ukrainian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Ruthenian *никнꙋти (*niknuti), from Old East Slavic никнꙋти (niknuti), from Proto-Slavic *niknǫti.
Alternative forms
- (prefixed only) -ни́кти impf (-nýkty)
Pronunciation
Verb
ни́кнути • (nýknuty) impf (intransitive)
- to sink, to prostrate, to droop, to sag, to lower oneself, to wilt
- Synonyms: опуска́тися (opuskátysja), нахиля́тися (naxyljátysja), хили́тися (xylýtysja), поника́ти (ponykáty)
- to grow weak, to weaken, to languish, to wither
- to meeken, to feel awkward, to lose courage, to lose heart
- Synonyms: ні́яковіти (níjakovity), бенте́житися (bentéžytysja)
- (dialectal) to disappear, to vanish
Conjugation
Conjugation of ни́кнути, ни́кнуть (class 3(°)a, imperfective, intransitive)
| imperfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | ни́кнути, ни́кнуть nýknuty, nýknutʹ | |
| participles | present tense | past tense |
| active | — | — |
| passive | — | — |
| adverbial | ни́кнучи nýknučy |
ни́кнувши, ни́кши nýknuvšy, nýkšy |
| present tense | future tense | |
| 1st singular я |
ни́кну nýknu |
бу́ду ни́кнути, бу́ду ни́кнуть, ни́кнутиму búdu nýknuty, búdu nýknutʹ, nýknutymu |
| 2nd singular ти |
ни́кнеш nýkneš |
бу́деш ни́кнути, бу́деш ни́кнуть, ни́кнутимеш búdeš nýknuty, búdeš nýknutʹ, nýknutymeš |
| 3rd singular він / вона / воно |
ни́кне nýkne |
бу́де ни́кнути, бу́де ни́кнуть, ни́кнутиме búde nýknuty, búde nýknutʹ, nýknutyme |
| 1st plural ми |
ни́кнем, ни́кнемо nýknem, nýknemo |
бу́демо ни́кнути, бу́демо ни́кнуть, ни́кнутимемо, ни́кнутимем búdemo nýknuty, búdemo nýknutʹ, nýknutymemo, nýknutymem |
| 2nd plural ви |
ни́кнете nýknete |
бу́дете ни́кнути, бу́дете ни́кнуть, ни́кнутимете búdete nýknuty, búdete nýknutʹ, nýknutymete |
| 3rd plural вони |
ни́кнуть nýknutʹ |
бу́дуть ни́кнути, бу́дуть ни́кнуть, ни́кнутимуть búdutʹ nýknuty, búdutʹ nýknutʹ, nýknutymutʹ |
| imperative | singular | plural |
| first-person | — | ни́кнім, ни́кнімо nýknim, nýknimo |
| second-person | ни́кни nýkny |
ни́кніть nýknitʹ |
| past tense | singular | plural ми / ви / вони |
| masculine я / ти / він |
ни́кнув, ник nýknuv, nyk |
ни́кли, ни́кнули nýkly, nýknuly |
| feminine я / ти / вона |
ни́кла, ни́кнула nýkla, nýknula | |
| neuter воно |
ни́кло, ни́кнуло nýklo, nýknulo | |
Derived terms
verbs
- ви́никнути pf (výnyknuty), виника́ти impf (vynykáty)
- вни́кнути pf (vnýknuty), вника́ти impf (vnykáty)
- зани́кнути pf (zanýknuty), зани́кувати impf (zanýkuvaty)
- зани́кнутися pf (zanýknutysja), зани́куватися impf (zanýkuvatysja)
- зни́кнути pf (znýknuty), зника́ти impf (znykáty)
- нани́кнути pf (nanýknuty), нани́кувати impf (nanýkuvaty)
- пони́кнути pf (ponýknuty), поника́ти impf (ponykáty)
- прини́кнути pf (prynýknuty), приника́ти impf (prynykáty)
- прони́кнути pf (pronýknuty), проника́ти impf (pronykáty)
- уни́кнути pf (unýknuty), уника́ти impf (unykáty)
Etymology 2
From ни́кати (nýkaty) + -ну́ти (-núty).
Pronunciation
Verb
никну́ти • (nyknúty) pf (imperfective ника́ти)
- (intransitive, semelfactive) to go, to walk, to move
Conjugation
Conjugation of никну́ти, никну́ть (class 3b, perfective, intransitive)
| perfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | никну́ти, никну́ть nyknúty, nyknútʹ | |
| participles | present tense | past tense |
| active | — | — |
| passive | — | — |
| adverbial | — | никну́вши nyknúvšy |
| present tense | future tense | |
| 1st singular я |
— | никну́ nyknú |
| 2nd singular ти |
— | никне́ш nyknéš |
| 3rd singular він / вона / воно |
— | никне́ nykné |
| 1st plural ми |
— | никне́м, никнемо́ nykném, nyknemó |
| 2nd plural ви |
— | никнете́ nykneté |
| 3rd plural вони |
— | никну́ть nyknútʹ |
| imperative | singular | plural |
| first-person | — | никні́м, никні́мо nykním, nyknímo |
| second-person | никни́ nykný |
никні́ть nyknítʹ |
| past tense | singular | plural ми / ви / вони |
| masculine я / ти / він |
никну́в nyknúv |
никну́ли nyknúly |
| feminine я / ти / вона |
никну́ла nyknúla | |
| neuter воно |
никну́ло nyknúlo | |
Related terms
References
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “никнути”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “никнути”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “никнути”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “никнути”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “никнути”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)