нечего

Russian

Alternative forms

  • не́ча (néča) — colloquial, non-standard

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnʲet͡ɕɪvə] (phonetic respelling: не́чево)
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Pronoun

не́чего • (néčevo)

  1. there is nothing to (negative genitive of что (što))
    мне не́чего де́лать ― mne néčevo délatʹ ― there is nothing for me to do
  2. there is no need, (one) need not, (it is) no use
    не́чего жа́ловаться ― néčevo žálovatʹsja ― stop complaining (literally, “it is no use complaining”)

Usage notes

  • The preceding noun or pronoun is in the dative case; the verb that follows is in the infinitive.
  • Prepositions are inserted between не (ne) and the form of что (što): не́ для чего, не́ к чему, не́ с чем.

Declension

Synonyms

  • не́фиг (néfig) (colloquial, rude)
  • не́хуй (néxuj), не́хер (néxer) (vulgar)

See also

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