# nic
## Translingual
### Symbol

nic
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Niger–Congo languages.

## English
### Etymology

Clipping of nicotine.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nɪk/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Homophones: Nick, nick
* Rhymes: -ɪk

### Noun

nic (uncountable)
* (slang) nicotine
    I prefer vaping with nic-free juice.

### Anagrams

* -cin, CIN, ICN, INC, Inc, Inc., NCI, inc, inc.

## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech nic. The "č-less" form nic is from Proto-Slavic *ničьso (originally Proto-Slavic *ničeso), an (archaic and synchronically irregular) variant of genitive. Compare with Polish nic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɲɪt͡s]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪts

### Pronoun

nic
* nothing (not a thing)
    Antonym: něco
    nic jiného ― nothing else

#### Derived terms

* ničit

#### Related terms

* být na dvě věci: na nic a na hovno
* být na nic
* nicota
* nicotný
* ničema
* ničemný

### Further reading

* “nic”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “nic”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “nic”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Kashubian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɲit͡s/
* Rhymes: -it͡s
* Syllabification: nic

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ničьto.

#### Pronoun

nic
* nothing (not a thing)

#### Adverb

nic (not comparable)
* nothing; not at all

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nitь.

#### Noun

nic f
* thread (long, thin and flexible form of material)

### Further reading

* Stefan Ramułt (1893) “ńic”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 127
* Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “nic”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎, page 100
* “nic (1)”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
* “nic (2)”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
* “nic (3)”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

## Linngithigh
### Verb

nic (future niy, past nigh, irrealis ni', stative njay)
* (transitive) stand up
    Ayong kay ngga' nic.I can't stand up.

#### See also

* njay

## Old Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (13th CE) /ˈɲit͡s/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ˈɲit͡s/

### Pronoun

nic n
* Alternative form of ničs.

### Noun

nic n
* Alternative form of ničs.

### Adverb

nic
* Alternative form of ničs.

### Adjective

nic
* short masculine singular of nicí

#### Declension
### References

* Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “ničs, nic”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* nih, niċċ

### Etymology

From ne- +‎ ic/iċ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nik/, /nit͡ʃ/

### Pronoun

nic, niċ
* not I, not me

#### Derived terms

* niccan

#### Descendants

* Middle English: nich

## Old Polish
### Alternative forms

* nics, niczs, nicso, niczso

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ničьto. First attested in the 14th century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /ɲit͡s/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ɲit͡s/

### Pronoun

nic n
* nothing (not a thing)

#### Declension
### Noun

nic n
* nothing (someone or something trifling, or of no consequence or importance)

### Adverb

nic
* nothing; not at all

#### Descendants

* Polish: nic
* Silesian: nic

### References

* Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “nic”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
* Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “nic”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
* B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “nic, nics, niczs, nic(z)so”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish nic. The "cz-less" form nic is from Proto-Slavic *ničьso (originally Proto-Slavic *ničeso), an (archaic and synchronically irregular) variant of genitive. Compare with Czech nic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɲit͡s/
* (Middle Polish) IPA: /ˈɲit͡s/
* Audio 1:(file)
* Audio 2:(file)
* Audio 3:(file)
* Rhymes: -it͡s
* Syllabification: nic

### Pronoun

nic n
* nothing (not a thing)

### Noun

nic n
* nothing (someone or something trifling, or of no consequence or importance)

#### Declension
### Adverb

nic (not comparable)
* nothing; not at all

### Derived terms

* nic a nic

### Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), nic is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 31 times in scientific texts, 8 times in news, 43 times in essays, 183 times in fiction, and 332 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 597 times, making it the 77th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

### References

* ↑ Ida Kurcz (1990) “nic”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 279

### Further reading

* nic in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* nic in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “nic”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
* “NIC”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 13.12.2021
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “nic”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “nic”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “nic”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 249
* nic in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

## Silesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish nic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɲit͡s/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -it͡s
* Syllabification: nic

### Pronoun

nic n
* nothing (not a thing)

#### Declension
### Adverb

nic
* nothing; not at all

### Further reading

* nic in dykcjonorz.eu
* nic in silling.org