нікчемний

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish nikczemny.[1] With -ний (-nyj) suffix. Compare Russian никчёмный (nikčómnyj), Belarusian нікчэ́мны (nikčémny).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nʲikˈt͡ʃɛmnei̯]
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Adjective

нікче́мний • (nikčémnyj) (abstract noun нікче́мність)

  1. good-for-nothing, no good, no-good, useless, worthless
    Synonym: нікуди́шній (nikudýšnij)
  2. contemptible, despicable
    Synonym: жалюгі́дний (žaljuhídnyj)

Declension

  • нікче́ма m or f (nikčéma)

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “нікчемний”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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