nech

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛx]

nech

1. second-person singular imperative of nechat

nech

1. pronunciation spelling of nicht

From Proto-Celtic *nekʷos (“someone, something”); compare nach (“some, any”). Cognate with Welsh neb.

• IPA^(key): /n͈ʲex/

nech

1. someone, anyone, (after a negative particle) no one

For quotations using this term, see Citations:nech.

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “nech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909] D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 489, pages 309–10; reprinted 2017