не

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ne, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *né.

• IPA^(key): [nʲe]
• IPA^(key): [nʲa] (before a stressed syllable, even if no change in spelling)
• Rhymes: -a, -e

• Audio:

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не • (nje)

1. no (word used to indicate disagreement or negative)

не • (nje)

1. not

   я не разуме́ю ― ja nje razumjéju ― I don't understand

• By some standards and conventions не (nje) is always written, even if it's pronounced as ня (nja).
• ня (nja) can sometimes be replaced with не (nje) but не (nje) can't be replaced with ня (nja) if it's not in a pre-tonal position, for example:
  1. я ня ве́даю (ja nja vjédaju) = я не ве́даю (ja nje vjédaju)
  2. я ня разуме́ю (ja nja razumjéju) = я не разуме́ю (ja nje razumjéju)
• ня (nja) can't replace не (nje) in any stressed position or as an adverb no (word used to indicate disagreement or negative)

• ня (nja) — Taraškievica orthography (before a stressed syllable)

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic не (ne), from Proto-Slavic *ne, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *né.

• IPA^(key): [nɛ]

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не • (ne)

1. used to show disagreement or negation, no

   Не, грешиш.

   Ne, grešiš.

   No, you are mistaken.

   Не, сега не може да гледаш телевизия.

   Ne, sega ne može da gledaš televizija.

   No, you may not watch television now.

2. used to negate the meaning of the following word or phrase, not, n't

   Не знам.

   Ne znam.

   I don't know.

   Не мога.

   Ne moga.

   I cannot.

   Мария не им даде възможност да се извинят.

   Marija ne im dade vǎzmožnost da se izvinjat.

   Maria didn't give them a chance to apologize.

   Не Мария им даде възможност да се извинят.

   Ne Marija im dade vǎzmožnost da se izvinjat.

   It was not Maria who gave them a chance to apologize. (Someone else did.)

   Не на тях Мария даде възможност да се извинят.

   Ne na tjah Marija dade vǎzmožnost da se izvinjat.

   It was not to them that Maria gave a chance to apologize. (She gave it to someone else.)

   Не възможност да се извинят им даде Мария.

   Ne vǎzmožnost da se izvinjat im dade Marija.

   It was not a chance to apologize that Maria gave them. (She gave them something else.)

   Не да се извинят им даде възможност Мария.

   Ne da se izvinjat im dade vǎzmožnost Marija.

   It was not a chance to apologize that Maria gave them. (She gave them a chance to do something else.)

• не- (ne-)

From Proto-Turkic *nē- (“what”).

• IPA^(key): /ne/

не • (ne)

1. (interrogative) what

не • (ne)

1. either... or...

   Маған не айран, не қымыз бер ― Mağan ne airan, ne qymyz ber ― Give me either ayran or koumiss

2. neither... nor...

   Не қазақша, не орысша сөйлемейді ― Ne qazaqşa, ne orysşa söilemeidı ― She speaks neither Kazakh nor Russian

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ne, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *né.

• IPA^(key): [nɛ]

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• Homophone: нѐ (nè)

не • (ne)

1. no

не • (ne)

1. not

From Proto-Slavic *ne, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *né.

не • (ne)

1. no
2. not

• ни (ni)

From Proto-Slavic *ne. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic не (ne) and Old Polish nie.

• Hyphenation: не

не (ne)

1. no
2. not
   • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik‎^[1], page 2:

     не рече оустꙑ тъчью иꙁгл҃аахъ·

     ne reče usty tŭčĭju izgl:aaxŭ·

     He didn't say: I just pronounced [them] with [my] mouth;

• Old Ruthenian: не (ne)
  • Belarusian: не (nje)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: не (ne)
  • Ukrainian: не (ne)
• Russian: не (ne)

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “не”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[2] (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 354

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ne, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *né. Cognates include Lithuanian ne, Old English ne, German nicht, nie, Gothic 𐌽𐌹 (ni), Irish ní, Latin ne, Sanskrit न (ná).

• (unstressed) IPA^(key): [nʲɪ]
• (stressed) IPA^(key): [ˈnʲe]

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• Homophone: ни (ni) (when unstressed)

не • (ne)

1. (negative in full) not, no, -n't, without

   Он не зна́ет ― On ne znájet ― He does not know.

   не долете́в до це́ли ― ne doletév do céli ― without having reached the target

   он не ге́ний ― on ne génij ― he is no genius

   Не де́лай э́того! ― Ne délaj étovo! ― Don’t do it!

   Не говори́ ни сло́ва! ― Ne govorí ni slóva! ― don’t say a word!

2. Idiomatic negative usage

   (мне) не по себе́ ― (mne) ne po sebé ― (I) feel sick; (I) feel uncomfortable

   не раз ― ne raz ― more than once (literary: not once); time and again; repeatedly; many a time

   Я ви́дел вас не раз. ― Ja vídel vas ne raz. ― I have seen you often.

   тем не ме́нее ― tem ne méneje ― nevertheless

3. (partial negative) perhaps not, whether ... or not

   Сча́стье не сча́стье, но что́-то похо́жее. ― Sčástʹje ne sčástʹje, no štó-to poxóžeje. ― Perhaps not happiness, but something very much like it.

   Хо́чешь не хо́чешь, а придётся сде́лать. ― Xóčešʹ ne xóčešʹ, a pridjótsja sdélatʹ. ― like it or not, you’ll have to do it.

4. will never (implying impossibility to do something)

   Ему́ э́того не сде́лать. ― Jemú étovo ne sdélatʹ. ― He will never do it.

5. (usually not translated, gives affirmative meaning for expression, especially in exclamations)

   Како́й ру́сский не лю́бит бы́строй езды́! ― Kakój rússkij ne ljúbit býstroj jezdý! ― What Russian doesn't like fast driving!

   Кто не лю́бит пое́сть! ― Kto ne ljúbit pojéstʹ! ― Who doesn't like a good meal!

не sometimes appears stressed, e.g. in the past negative of быть (bytʹ, “to be”), where the forms appear as не́ был (né byl), не была́ (ne bylá), не́ было (né bylo), не́ были (né byli) (i.e. не is stressed in the masculine singular, the neuter singular and the plural, but not the feminine singular).

не • (ne)

1. (With prepositions and pronouns не actually is a prefix, in spite of the fact that it is written separately.)

   не́ с кем (né s kem, “from”) → не́кем (nékem)

   не́ из чего́ (né iz čevó, “from”) → не́чего (néčevo)

не • (ne)

1. (colloquial) no (used to show disagreement or negation)

   Synonym: (standard and common term) нет (net)

   Помо́жешь мне? Не, да́же и не ду́май. ― Pomóžešʹ mne? Ne, dáže i ne dúmaj. ― Will you help me? No, don't even think about it.

• нет (net)
• ни (ni)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ne, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *né.

• IPA^(key): /ne/

не (Latin spelling ne)

1. not (denoting negation)

   Не знам. ― I don't know.

   Он је не само даровит, већ и јако марљив. ― He is not only talented, but also very industrious.

   хтео-не хтео ― whether you want it or not

   Да не спаваш? ― Aren't you sleeping?

   Не могу, а да не… ― I cannot but…

   рећи не ― to say no, refuse, decline

   не мање него… ― no less then…

   не доћи ― to fail to come, not come

   … Зар не? ― … Aren't you? (Do you?, Don't you?)

не (Latin spelling ne)

1. no

   Да ли си демократа? Не! ― Are you a democrat? No!

• јок (dialectal, from Turkish)

• да

From Proto-Turkic *nē-. Cognate with Kazakh не (ne), Karakalpak ne, Nogai не (ne, “what?”), Kyrgyz не (ne), Crimean Tatar ne, Kumyk не (ne), Bashkir ни (ni), Tatar ни (ni), Azerbaijani nə, Salar neñ, Turkish ne (“what?”), Uzbek na, Uyghur نە (ne), Khakas ноо (noo), Shor ноо, Tuvan чүү (çüü), Western Yugur ne, etc.

не • (ne)

1. what

• N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “не”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

Inherited from Classical Persian نی (nē), see there for more. Doublet of на (na).

• IPA^(key): /ˈne/, [né]

не • (ne) (Persian spelling نی)

1. no, not

   Antonyms: бале (bale), оре (ore), ҳа (ha)

не • (ne) (Persian spelling نی)

1. (more formal) no

   Synonym: на (na) (less formal)

• “не”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2025
• Jilani, Jon (2009) Tajik-English/English-Tajik practical dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 73

From Proto-Samoyedic *ne, from Proto-Uralic *niŋä.

• IPA^(key): [nʲe]
• Hyphenation: не

не • (nye)

1. woman
2. wife

• Pyrerka, A. P., Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 78
• N. M. Tereschenko (2005) “не”, in Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN
• Irina Nikolaeva (2014) A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 33

From Proto-Slavic *ne, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *né.

• IPA^(key): [nɛ]

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не • (ne)

1. no
2. not

• ні (ni)