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Bulgarian
Etymology
Deverbal of наме́ря (namérja, “to figure out”). By surface analysis, на- (na-) + ме́ра (méra).
Pronunciation
Noun
наме́ра • (naméra) f (dialectal)
- find (something found or figured out)
- няма намера ― njama namera ― to be unfoundable (literally, “there is no finding”)
- (figurative) fate, outcome due to chance
Да ти се не види намерата!- Da ti se ne vidi namerata!
- Damn this luck!
- (literally, “Let this fate not be seen!”)
Declension
- намя́ра (namjára) — in Eastern dialects
References
- “намера”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “наме́ра”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 188
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “намеря, намирам”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 484
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
намера • (namera) f (relational adjective намерен)
- intention
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From на- + мјера.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nâːmera/
- Hyphenation: на‧ме‧ра
Noun
на̑мера f (Latin spelling nȃmera)
- intent, intention
- имати нам(ј)еру ― to intend
- писмо нам(ј)ере ― letter of intend
- то ми није била нам(ј)ера ― that was not my intention
- имам само поштене нам(ј)ере ― I have nothing but the best intentions
- с нам(ј)ером да ― in order to
- с којом нам(ј)ером? ― with what intention?
Declension
References
- “намера”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
- “намера”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 3, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 571