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1925, Михаил Булгаков, “Глава 4. Попадья Дроздова”, in Роковые яйца; English translation from K. M. Cook-Horujy, transl., The Fateful Eggs, Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1990:
— Что вам на́до? — спроси́л Пе́рсиков таки́м го́лосом, что Панкра́т мгнове́нно ушё́л за дверь, — ведь вам же сказа́ли, что я за́нят?
— Što vam nádo? — sprosíl Pérsikov takím gólosom, što Pankrát mgnovénno ušól za dverʹ, — vedʹ vam že skazáli, što ja zánjat?
"What do you want?" asked Persikov in a voice which sent Pankrat scuttling out of the room. "Weren't you told that I am busy?"
Usage notes
The word combination "не на́до" is used in combination with imperfective infinitive verbs. For example,
Нена́допеча́литься. ― Ne nádopečálitʹsja. ― There is no need to be sad.
Нена́додержа́тьотве́т. ― Ne nádoderžátʹ otvét. ― There is no need to answer.
Нена́добы́лопуга́тьбе́лок. ― Ne nádo býlo pugátʹ bélok. ― There was no need to scare the squirrels.
Не на́до is translated as "can't", "mustn't", "needn't", or "don't" (negative imperative).
This is a variant of над(nad) which is sometimes used before words beginning with certain consonant clusters such as вс-(vs-), вш-(vš-), вт-(vt-), льв-(lʹv-), льд-(lʹd-), льн-(lʹn-), лб-(lb-), лж-(lž-), мн-(mn-), мх-(mx-), рв-(rv-), рт-(rt-), рж-(rž-), сн-(sn-), фл-(fl-) and others.
References
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “над”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “надо”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1995), “*nadъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 22 (*naděliti – *narodъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 15