нека

From Proto-Slavic *nekъ. Compare Serbo-Croatian не̏ка/nȅka, Slovak nech, and Polish niech.

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛkɐ]

не́ка • (néka)

1. let, may
   1. introduces suggestion, offer, or allowance of certain course of actions

      Нека почакаме.

      Neka počakame.

      Let us wait.

      Нека да ти помогна.

      Neka da ti pomogna.

      Let me help you.

      Нека си ходи.

      Neka si hodi.

      Let him/her go away.

   2. expresses neutrality towards statements or observations

      – Вънка вали дъжд.
      – Добре! Нека си вали.

      – Vǎnka vali dǎžd.
      – Dobre! Neka si vali.

      – It rains outside.
      – ОК! Let it rain.

• нека́й sg (nekáj), нека́йте pl (nekájte) (imperative forms of an earlier *ne kajati (“not to repent”))
• неха́й sg (neháj), неха́йте pl (nehájte) (imperative forms of an earlier *ne xajati (“not to care”))

• “нека”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “нека”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “нека”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 261
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “нека”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 602

• екна (ekna), акне (akne)

Akin to Ingush ник (nik).

нека • (neka) class ?

1. swim (swimming)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nekъ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛka]

нека • (neka)

1. let, may

   нека биде по твое ― neka bide po tvoe ― have it your way

   така нека биде! ― taka neka bide! ― so be it!

   што ќе биде, нека биде ― što ḱe bide, neka bide ― come what may

   нека победи најдобриот ― neka pobedi najdobriot ― may the best man win

• нек

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nekъ. Compare Bulgarian нека (neka), Slovak nech, and Polish niech.

не̏ка (Latin spelling nȅka)

1. let, may

• “нека”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025