на-

на-

1. Cyrillic spelling of na-

From Proto-Slavic *na- prefix, from Proto-Slavic *na.

на- • (na-)

1. (used with verbs) onto, upon

   ‎на- (na-) + ‎ити (iti, “to go”) → ‎наити (naiti, “to find”, literally “to come upon”)

2. (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”)

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *na.

• IPA^(key):
• IPA^(key): (when stressed)

на- • (na-)

1. (with verbs) onto, upon

   ‎на- (na-) + ‎идти́ (idtí, “to go”) → ‎найти́ (najtí, “to find”, literally “to come upon”)

2. (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”)

3. (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”)

4. (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”)

5. (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”)

• The stressed variant is found in the following situations:
  1. 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);
  2. some deverbal nouns: e.g. на́тиск (nátisk, “onslaught, pressure”) from нати́скать (natískatʹ);
  3. some adverbs: e.g. на́прочь (nápročʹ, “absolutely, without a trace (colloquial)”), на́смерть (násmertʹ, “to death, utterly”), на́земь (názemʹ, “down, onto the ground (poetic)”).

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