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И ПОМИНА (-у) нет о ком-чём obs NP gen these forms only used as subj / gen )

1. ( s.o. or sth. is) not discussed or referred to at all in conversation: об X-e и помину не было = X was not even mentioned (made mention of)

no mention was made of X not a word was said about X.

...Опять Анисья заговорила носом, что «она в первый раз от хозяйки слышит о свадьбе, что в разговорах с ней даже помину не было, да и свадьбы нет, и статочное ли дело?» (Гончаров 1)... .Again Anisya's nose proclaimed that this was the first time she had ever heard the landlady speak of a wedding

that it had never even been mentioned between them

and there was no wedding, was there, and how could such a thing be possible? (1b).

2. ( s.o. or sth. is) completely absent, entirely missing, nonexistent etc: об X-e и помину не было — there was no sign of X

there was not even (not so much as) a hint (a trace etc) of X.