Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
на-. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
на-, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
на- in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
на- you have here. The definition of the word
на- will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
на-, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Azerbaijani
Prefix
на-
- Cyrillic spelling of na-
Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *na- prefix, from Proto-Slavic *na.
Prefix
на- • (na-)
- (used with verbs) onto, upon
- на- (na-) + ити (iti, “to go”) → наити (naiti, “to find”, literally “to come upon”)
- (used with verbs) to repletion, to satiation, to the full, enough, too much
- на- (na-) + пити (piti, “to drink”) → напити (napiti, “to drink to the full; to quench one’s thirst; to get drunk”)
Derived terms
Related terms
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *na.
Pronunciation
Prefix
на- • (na-)
- (with verbs) onto, upon
- на- (na-) + идти́ (idtí, “to go”) → найти́ (najtí, “to find”, literally “to come upon”)
- (with verbs) to repletion, to satiation, to the full, enough, too much
- на- (na-) + пить (pitʹ, “to drink”) + -ся (-sja, reflexive suffix) → напи́ться (napítʹsja, “to drink to the full; to quench one’s thirst; to get drunk”)
- (with verbs) a quantity of, a lot of
- на- (na-) + купи́ть (kupítʹ, “to buy”) → накупи́ть книг (nakupítʹ knig, “to buy a quantity of books, a lot of books”)
- (added to nouns, forms adverbs with the meaning in the direction of the noun)
- на- (na-) + верх (verx, “top”) → наве́рх (navérx, “upwards”)
- на- (na-) + зад (zad, “back”) → наза́д (nazád, “backwards”)
- на- (na-) + пра́во (právo, “right”) → напра́во (naprávo, “to the right”)
- на- (na-) + ле́во (lévo, “left”) → нале́во (nalévo, “to the left”)
- (added to nouns or adverbs, forms adverbs with the approximate meaning 'for' the noun or adverb, or in the state of the noun or adverb)
- на- (na-) + всегда́ (vsegdá, “always”) → навсегда́ (navsegdá, “forever”)
- на- (na-) + до́лго (dólgo, “a long time”) → надо́лго (nadólgo, “for a long time”)
- на- (na-) + век (vek, “century”) → наве́ки (navéki, “forever”, literally “for centuries”)
- на- (na-) + приме́р (primér, “example”) → наприме́р (naprimér, “for example”)
Usage notes
- The stressed variant is found in the following situations:
- the past participle of verbs with a one-syllable root ending in -ать: e.g. на́званный (názvannyj) from назва́ть (nazvátʹ), на́чатый (náčatyj) from нача́ть (načátʹ);
- some deverbal nouns: e.g. на́тиск (nátisk, “onslaught, pressure”) from нати́скать (natískatʹ);
- some adverbs: e.g. на́прочь (nápročʹ, “absolutely, without a trace (colloquial)”), на́смерть (násmertʹ, “to death, utterly”), на́земь (názemʹ, “down, onto the ground (poetic)”).
Derived terms
Related terms