niciun
Romanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom nici + un. Probably from a Latin formation neque (“and not”) or nec unus (“not even one”). Compare Old French neisune, Italian nessuno and nissuno (Tuscan), Neapolitan nisciuno, Friulian nissun, Dalmatian nenčoin, Istriot ningun, Spanish ninguno, Portuguese nenhum, Catalan ningú.
Pronunciation
editDeterminer
editniciun m or n (singular only, feminine nicio)
Declension
edit| determiner declension, singular only, indefinite only | singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | niciun | nicio | — | — | |||
| definite | — | — | — | — | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | niciunui | niciunei | — | — | |||
| definite | — | — | — | — | ||||