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nie ma

//ˈɲɛ.ma//
Polishphrase

Definitions

  1. 1.
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see nie, ma.
    • On nie ma czasu.

      He doesn't have time.

  2. 2.
    to be gone, to not be present, to not exist, there is no
    • Nie ma chleba.

      There is no bread.

    • Nie ma mowy!

      No way!

    • Nigdy nikogo nie ma w domu.

      Never is there anyone home.

Synonyms & related words

Etymology

Clipping of nie masz. First attested in the first half of the 20th century. Displaced Old Polish nietu.

Forms

  • nie byłopast
  • nie będziefuture
  • niemaalternative
  • nie maszalternative • archaic

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