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Ukrainian
Etymology
ні (ni) + коли (koly, “when”)
Pronunciation
Adverb
ніко́ли • (nikóly)
- never
- Він ніко́ли не готува́в ри́би. ― Vin nikóly ne hotuváv rýby. ― He has never cooked a fish.
Predicative
ні́коли • (níkoly)
- (often with dative case) there is no time to
- Мені́ спа́ти ні́коли ― Mení spáty níkoly ― I don't have time to sleep.
- Synonyms: нема́ коли́ (nemá kolý), нема́є ча́су (nemáje čásu)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ніколи”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2019), “ніколи”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 10 (на́ступ – о́бміль), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN