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Bulgarian
Etymology
на- (na-) + Proto-Slavic *gonъ (“chase”)
Pronunciation
Noun
наго́н • (nagón) m
- (obsolete) course, direction of propulsion
- urge, drive, impulse
- instinct (biological reflex)
- вроден нагон ― vroden nagon ― inborn instinct
Declension
References
- “нагон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “нагон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1908) “нагонъ”, in Допълнение на българския рѣчникъ [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Plovdiv: Печатница "Трудъ" на Петко Бѣловѣждовъ, page 218
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “нагон”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 464
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
нагон • (nagon) m (relational adjective нагонски)
- urge, drive
- Synonym: порив (poriv)
Declension
Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
наго́н • (nagón) m inan (genitive наго́на, nominative plural наго́ны, genitive plural наго́нов)
- hydraulics pileup
- waves run-up
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nǎːɡon/
- Hyphenation: на‧гон
Noun
на́гон m (Latin spelling nágon)
- instinct
- impulse (to do something)
Declension