nic

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nic"

Translingual

Symbol

nic

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Niger–Congo languages.

English

Etymology

Clipping of nicotine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɪk/
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)
  • Homophones: Nick, nick
  • Rhymes: -ɪk

Noun

nic (uncountable)

  1. (slang) nicotine
    I prefer vaping with nic-free juice.

Anagrams

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech nic. The "č-less" form nic is from Proto-Slavic *ničьso (originally Proto-Slavic *ničeso), an (archaic and synchronically irregular) variant of genitive. Compare with Polish nic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɲɪt͡s]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪts

Pronoun

nic

  1. nothing (not a thing)
    Antonym: něco
    nic jinéhonothing else

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Kashubian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɲit͡s/
  • Rhymes: -it͡s
  • Syllabification: nic

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ničьto.

Pronoun

nic

  1. nothing (not a thing)

Adverb

nic (not comparable)

  1. nothing; not at all
Declension
Declension of nic
singular
nominative nic
genitive niczegò
dative niczemù
accusative nic
instrumental niczim
locative niczim

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nitь.

Noun

nic f

  1. thread (long, thin and flexible form of material)

Further reading

  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “ńic”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 127
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “nic”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1], page 100
  • nic (1)”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
  • nic (2)”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
  • nic (3)”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Linngithigh

Verb

nic (future niy, past nigh, irrealis ni', stative njay)

  1. (transitive) stand up
    Ayong kay ngga' nic.
    I can't stand up.

See also

Old Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈɲit͡s/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈɲit͡s/

Pronoun

nic n

  1. alternative form of ničs

Noun

nic n

  1. alternative form of ničs

Adverb

nic

  1. alternative form of ničs

Adjective

nic

  1. short masculine singular of nicí

Declension

Declension of nic (short soft)
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative nic nicě nice
genitive nicě nicě nicě
dative nicu nici nicu
accusative nicě, nic nicu nice
locative
instrumental
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative nicě nici
genitive
dative
accusative nicě nici
locative
instrumental
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative nici nicě nicě
genitive
dative
accusative nicě nicě
locative
instrumental

References

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ne- +‎ ic/iċ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nik/, /nit͡ʃ/

Pronoun

nic, niċ

  1. not I, not me

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: nich

Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ničьto. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɲit͡sʲ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɲit͡sʲ/

Pronoun

nic n

  1. nothing (not a thing)

Declension

Noun

nic n

  1. nothing (someone or something trifling, or of no consequence or importance)

Adverb

nic

  1. nothing; not at all

Descendants

References

  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “nic”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “nic”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “nic, nics, niczs, nic(z)so”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish nic. The "cz-less" form nic is from Proto-Slavic *ničьso (originally Proto-Slavic *ničeso), an (archaic and synchronically irregular) variant of genitive. Compare with Czech nic.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈɲit͡s/
  • Audio 1:(file)
  • Audio 2:(file)
  • Audio 3:(file)
  • Rhymes: -it͡s
  • Syllabification: nic

Pronoun

nic n

  1. nothing (not a thing)

Noun

nic n

  1. nothing (someone or something trifling, or of no consequence or importance)

Declension

Adverb

nic (not comparable)

  1. nothing; not at all

Derived terms

adverbs
particles

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), nic is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 31 times in scientific texts, 8 times in news, 43 times in essays, 183 times in fiction, and 332 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 597 times, making it the 77th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

References

  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “nic”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 279

Further reading

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish nic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɲit͡s/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -it͡s
  • Syllabification: nic

Pronoun

nic n

  1. nothing (not a thing)

Declension

Declension of nic
singular
nominative nic
genitive niczego
dative niczymu
accusative nic
instrumental niczym
locative niczym

Adverb

nic

  1. nothing; not at all

Further reading

  • nic in dykcjonorz.eu
  • nic in silling.org