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нет

/[nʲet]/
Russianintjadvparticle

Definitions

  1. 1.
    no
  2. 2.
    not
    • ещё нет

      ješčó netnot yet

  3. 3.
    there is not, there are no [with genitive ‘something’ and у (u, + genitive) ‘possessed by someone’] (often idiomatically translated by English not have with the object of у (u) as the subject)
    • Здесь нет доро́г.

      Zdesʹ net doróg.There are no roads here.

    • У меня́ нет книг.

      U menjá net knig.I have no books.

    • Пётр дома? Его́ нет.

      Pjotr doma? Jevó net.Is Pyotr at home? He isn't.

Synonyms & related words

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Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic нѣту (nětu), Proto-Slavic *nětu, from *ne (“not”) + *e, short form of *estь (“is”) + *tu (“there, here”).

Forms

  • netromanization
  • нѣтъalternative

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