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Belarusian
Etymology
From на- (na-) + зад (zad).
Pronunciation
Adverb
наза́д • (nazád)
- back, backward, backwards (to an opposite or reverse direction)
- back (to a previous condition or place)
- (postpositive) back, ago
- Synonym: (formal) таму́ наза́д (tamú nazád)
References
- “назад” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Bulgarian
Etymology
на (na) + зад (zad)
Pronunciation
Adverb
наза́д • (nazád) (not comparable)
- back, backwards
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Adverb
назад • (nazad) (not comparable)
- backward, in the back
Russian
Alternative forms
Etymology
на- (na-) + зад (zad)
Pronunciation
Adverb
наза́д • (nazád)
- back, backward, backwards
Derived terms
Related terms
Interjection
наза́д • (nazád)
- get back
Наза́д!- Nazád!
- Get back! (often with an intensified form of emotion)
Postposition
наза́д • (nazád)
- ago
Пять мину́т наза́д- Pjatʹ minút nazád
- Five minutes ago
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nâzaːd/
- Hyphenation: на‧зад
Adverb
на̏за̄д (Latin spelling nȁzād)
- back, backwards
- Synonym: на̏тра̄г
- Antonym: на̏прије̄д / на̏пре̄д
- ићи назад ― to go back
Ukrainian
Etymology
From на- (na-) + зад (zad).
Pronunciation
Adverb
наза́д • (nazád)
- back, backward, backwards (to an opposite or reverse direction)
- back (to a previous condition or place)
- (postpositive, colloquial) back, ago
- Synonym: (noncolloquial) тому́ (tomú)
- па́ру ти́жнів наза́д ― páru týžniv nazád ― A couple of weeks back
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “назад”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “назад”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “назад”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “назад”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “назад”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “назад”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)