neka

See also: nekā

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

nek

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nekъ. Compare Polish niech and Slovak nech.

Particle

nȅka (Cyrillic spelling не̏ка)

let, may

References

“neka” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Etymology

From nej (“no”), similar to jaka (“to say yes”). From Old Swedish neka, Norwegian neikka, Danish nege, applying a -k suffix to Icelandic nei and Old Swedish ne. This goes further back to Germanic nikon. There is also an additional -t suffix in Swedish dialectal näkta, south Swedish nejta, Danish negte, Norwegian nekta

Verb

neka

to say no, to deny, to refuse, to disallow

Conjugation

Conjugation of neka (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	neka	nekas
Present tense	nekar	nekas
Past tense	nekade	nekades
Supine	nekat	nekats
Imperative	neka	—
Present participle	nekande
Past participle	nekad

Related terms

förneka
nej
nekan

References

neka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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