ничьто

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ničьto.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnit͡ɕɪtɔ/→/ˈnʲit͡ɕɪtɔ/→/ˈnʲit͡ɕtɔ/

(ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈnit͡ɕɪtɔ/
(ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈnʲit͡ɕɪtɔ/
(ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈnʲit͡ɕtɔ/

Pronoun

ничьто (ničĭto)

nothing
(with negative) anything
- XII c., Hypatian Codex:
  и тако раздаꙗ все. а собѣ ни приꙗ ничто. толико кр(с̑)тъ ч(с̑)тьнꙑи взѧ на блг҃ословлениє собѣ.
  i tako razdaja vse. a sobě ni prija ničto. toliko kr(s̑)tŭ č(s̑)tĭnyi vzę na blg:oslovlenije sobě.
  and gave everything, and did not accept anything for himself, only accepted honest cross for blessing for himself.

Declension

Declension of ничьто
nominative	ничьто ničĭto
genitive	ничего ničego
dative	ничему ničemu
accusative	ничьто ničĭto
instrumental	ничимь ničimĭ
locative	ничемь ničemĭ

Descendants

Old Ruthenian: ништо (ništo), ничто (ničto)
- Belarusian: нішто́ (ništó)
- Ukrainian: ніщо́ (niščó)
Russian: ничто́ (ništó); ничё (ničó), ничо́ (ničó) (nonstandard)

References

Zaliznjak, Andrej A. (2019), “Drevnerusskoje udarenije: Obščije svedenija i slovarʹ.”, in Languages of Slavic Culture‎^[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 524: “ни́что ― níčto”