nech

== Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈnɛx] === Verb === nech second-person singular imperative of nechat == German == === Pronunciation === === Interjection === nech pronunciation spelling of nicht == Old Irish == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *nekʷos (“someone, something”); compare nach (“some, any”). Cognate with Welsh neb. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈn̠ʲex/ === Pronoun === nech someone, anyone, (after a negative particle) no one For quotations using this term, see Citations:nech. ==== Inflection ==== === Further reading === 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