нїзач

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

From нї- (nji-) +‎ зач (zač), possibly as a calque of Serbo-Croatian низашто / nizašto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɲizat͡ʃ]
  • Rhymes: -izat͡ʃ
  • Hyphenation: нї‧зач

Adverb

нїзач (njizač)

  1. for nothing
    • 2023 November 26, Д. Барна, “Транспортна драга тиж и животна драга”, in Руске Слово‎[1]:
      Кед требало уписац штредню школу, бул сом за шицко, а нїзач окреме, односно нє бул сом опредзелєни у хторим напряме би ше мойо школованє предлужело.
      Ked trebalo upisac štrednju školu, bul som za šicko, a njizač okreme, odnosno nje bul som opredzeljeni u xtorim naprjame bi še mojo školovanje predluželo.
      When it came to enrolling in secondary school, I was in favor of everything, and for nothing in particular, that is, I was not predisposed in which direction my schooling would proceed.
  2. in no way, by no means
    нїзач то нє роб ― njizač to nje rob ― don't do it by any means

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