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niciun
no, not a single (one) /ni.tʃiˈun/
adjective#1752 most common
Also: not any, none (as a determiner), not one
Example sentences
Nu am niciun euro la mine.
I don't have a single euro on me.
Ea nu are nicio carte de citit.
She doesn't have any book to read.
Niciunul dintre studenți nu a picat examenul.
None of the students failed the exam.
Nu am primit niciun răspuns de la niciuna dintre companii.
I didn't get a single reply from any of the companies.
Directorul nu a oferit nicio explicație niciunui angajat nemulțumit.
The director gave no explanation to any of the dissatisfied employees.
Deși a căutat peste tot, nu a găsit nicio urmă a vreunui martor, iar niciunul dintre suspecți nu și-a recunoscut vina.
Although he searched everywhere, he found no trace of any witness, and none of the suspects admitted guilt.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | niciun (m) / nicio (f) | not applicable, inherently singular |
| Genitive | niciunui (m) / niciunei (f) | not applicable |
| Accusative | niciun (m) / nicio (f) | not applicable |
| Vocative | not applicable | not applicable |
Word family
nicinor, not even
niciono, not any (feminine)
niciunulnone, not a single one (masculine pronoun)
niciunanone, not a single one (feminine pronoun)
nicidecumby no means, not at all
Etymology
Niciun is a fusion of nici, a Romanian negative conjunction meaning 'nor' or 'not even', and un, the masculine indefinite article meaning 'one, a'. Nici descends from Latin nec, itself a contraction of the negator ne and the connective que. Un descends from Latin unus, 'one'. The compound spread across Romance languages to make emphatic negative determiners out of 'not even one'.
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