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Translingual

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nic

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

English

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Etymology

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Clipping of nicotine.

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Noun

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nic (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

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Czech

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Etymology

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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

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Pronoun

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nic

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

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • nic”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • nic”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • nic”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Kashubian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ničьto.

Pronoun

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nic

  1. nothing (not a thing)

Adverb

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nic (not comparable)

  1. nothing; not at all
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nitь.

Noun

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nic f

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

Further reading

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  • 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

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Verb

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

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

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Old Czech

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Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

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nic n

  1. Alternative form of ničs.

Noun

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nic n

  1. Alternative form of ničs.

Adverb

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nic

  1. Alternative form of ničs.

Adjective

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nic

  1. short masculine singular of nicí

Declension

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Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From ne- +‎ ic/iċ.

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Pronoun

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nic, niċ

  1. not I, not me

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: nich

Old Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

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nic n

  1. nothing (not a thing)

Declension

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Noun

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nic n

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

Adverb

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nic

  1. nothing; not at all

Descendants

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References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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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

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Pronoun

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nic n

  1. nothing (not a thing)

Noun

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nic n

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

Declension

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Adverb

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nic (not comparable)

  1. nothing; not at all

Derived terms

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adverbs

Trivia

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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

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  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

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  • nic in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • nic in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “nic”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • NIC”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 13.12.2021
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “nic”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “nic”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “nic”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 249
  • nic in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Silesian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish nic.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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nic n

  1. nothing (not a thing)

Declension

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Adverb

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nic

  1. nothing; not at all

Further reading

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