някога
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *někъgъda (“sometime”).
Adverb
ня̀кога • (njàkoga)
- once, some time ago
- aforetime
Alternative forms
- ня̀когда (njàkogda), ня̀коги (njàkogi) (obsolete, archaic)
- некога (nekoga) (dialectal)
- някога̀ш (njakogàš) (dialectal)
Derived terms
- донякога (donjakoga, “until some time”)
- понякога (ponjakoga, “sometimes”)
- някогашен (njakogašen, “erstwhile”)
Related terms
- всякога (vsjakoga, “always”)
- никога (nikoga, “never”)
- сега (sega, “now, at present”)
- тогава (togava, “then”)
References
- някога in Речник на българския език
- Georgiev Vl. I., Duridanov I., editors (1995), “някога”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 728