нет
/[nʲet]/
Russianintjadvparticle
Definitions
- 1.no
- 2.not
ещё нет
ješčó net — not yet
- 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
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