никъто
Old Church Slavonic
Alternative forms
- никто (nikto)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *nikъto.
Pronoun
никъто • (nikŭto)
Declension
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | никъто |
| genitive | никого |
| dative | никомоу |
| accusative | никого |
| instrumental | ницѣмь |
| locative | никомь |
Synonyms
- никътоже (nikŭtože)
Related terms
- къто (kŭto)
Old East Slavic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nikъto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnikʊtɔ/→/ˈnʲikʊtɔ/→/ˈnʲiktɔ/
Pronoun
никъто (nikŭto)
- nobody, no one
- (with negative) anybody, anyone
- XI-XIII c., The Tale of Akira the Wise:
- ащε что слышиши, не повѣдаи никомꙋ.
- aščε čto slyšiši, ne povědai nikomu.
- If thou hearst something, don't tell anyone.
Declension
| nominative | никъто nikŭto |
|---|---|
| genitive | никого nikogo |
| dative | никому nikomu |
| accusative | никого nikogo |
| instrumental | ницѣмь nicěmĭ |
| locative | никомь nikomĭ |
Descendants
- Belarusian: ніхто́ (nixtó)
- Russian: никто́ (niktó), нихто́ (nixtó) (regional)
- Carpathian Rusyn: нихто (nyxto), нико (nyko)
- Ukrainian: ніхто́ (nixtó)
References
- Zaliznjak, Andrej A. (2019) “Drevnerusskoje udarenije: Obščije svedenija i slovarʹ.”, in Languages of Slavic Culture[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 523: “ни́кто ― níkto”