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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьz nenada. By surface analysis, из- (iz-) + не- (ne-) + на́да (náda, “thread, effect, result”) (obsolete)
Pronunciation
Noun
изнена́да • (iznenáda) f
- surprise (unexpected event, result)
- Synonyms: сю́рприз (sjúrpriz), изневиде́лица (iznevidélica)
- прия́тна изнена́да ― prijátna iznenáda ― pleasant surprise
- ло́ша изнена́да ― lóša iznenáda ― bad, nasty surprise
- (figuratively) secret, riddle, ambiguity
- Synonyms: зага́дка (zagádka), нея́сност (nejásnost), неизве́стност (neizvéstnost)
- (emotion) surprise, wonderment
- Synonym: почу́да (počúda)
- (by extension) amazement, astonishment, awe
- Synonyms: удивле́ние (udivlénie), учу́дване (učúdvane), сма́йване (smájvane), изумле́ние (izumlénie)
Declension
Derived terms
References
- “изненада”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “изненада”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьz nenada.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /îznenaːda/
- Hyphenation: из‧не‧на‧да
Adverb
и̏знена̄да (Latin spelling ȉznenāda)
- suddenly