nigdo

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• nikdo (Kajkavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nikъto. By surface analysis, ni- +‎ gdo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nîɡdo/
• Hyphenation: ni‧gdo

Pronoun

nigdo (Cyrillic spelling нигдо)

1. (Kajkavian) nobody, no one
   • Dragutin Domjanić, Bogečko grobje

     Il se tak sladko počiva,

     živi kak nigdo ni spal,

     tajnu tu zemlja si skriva,

     samo bu mrtvi ju znal.

Synonyms

• nȉtko (Shtokavian, Croatia)
• nȉko (Shtokavian, Bosnia, Serbia)