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Ukrainian
Pronunciation
Adverb
ніку́ди • (nikúdy)
- to nowhere, not to anywhere
Ми вчора нікуди не ходили.- My včora nikudy ne xodyly.
- We went nowhere yesterday.
Вона нікуди не їздить без телефону.- Vona nikudy ne jizdytʹ bez telefonu.
- She does not go anywhere without a phone.
Usage notes
ніку́ди (nikúdy) indicates no progress "towards" any destination, rather than "there is no destination" as indicated by ні́куди (níkudy).
Adverb
ні́куди • (níkudy)
- (there is) nowhere to go, no destination
Нікуди втікати!- Nikudy vtikaty!
- (there is) Nowhere to escape to!
Я маю ручку, але нікуди відправити листа.- Ja maju ručku, ale nikudy vidpravyty lysta.
- I have a pen, but (there is) nowhere to send a letter.
Usage notes
ні́куди indicates "no destination", rather than "no place" as indicated by ні́де (níde).
See also
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “нікуди”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “нікуди”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “нікуди”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “нікуди”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)