над

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nadъ.

• IPA^(key): [nat]

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• Rhymes: -at
• Hyphenation: над

над • (nad)

1. above, over (indicates the location, presence of someone or something on top of someone or something) [with instrumental]

   Я не мог знайсці свае ключы, таму што маё паліто было над імі.

   Ja nje moh znajsci svaje ključy, tamu što majó palitó byló nad imi.

   I couldn't find my keys because my coat was over them.

2. (obsolete) than (used to name the object of comparison) [with accusative]

   Над яе няма прыгажэйшай.

   Nad jaje njama pryhažejšaj.

   There is no one more beautiful than her.

• “над”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “над” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

From Proto-Slavic *nadъ. Equivalent to на (na, “on”) +‎ -д (-d).

• IPA^(key): [nat]

над • (nad)

1. above, over

• дан (dan), над- (nad-)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nadъ.

• IPA^(key): [nat]

над • (nad)

1. above, over

   Галеби летаат над морето. ― Galebi letaat nad moreto. ― Seagulls are flying above the sea.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [nät]
• Hyphenation: над

над • (nad)

1. the oblique form of би (bi, “I”)

• надъ (nad) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nadъ.

• IPA^(key): [nət]
• IPA^(key): [nɐt] (before a stressed syllable)

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• IPA^(key): [ˈnat] (when stressed)
• Note: The final [t] becomes a [d] before the voiced consonants б (b), г (g), д (d), ж (ž) and з (z).

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над • (nad) [with instrumental]

1. above, over
   • 1934, Константин Вагинов [Konstantin Vaginov], “Глава 11. Гроза”, in Гарпагониана; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):

     Прекра́сная луна́ появи́лась. Облака́ плы́ли под ней и над ней.

     Prekrásnaja luná pojavílasʹ. Oblaká plýli pod nej i nad nej.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Before words beginning with certain consonant clusters such as мн- (mn-), вс- (vs-), and сн- (sn-), the variant form надо (nado) is used.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nadъ. Compare на (“on, onto”), над-, нат-.

• IPA^(key): /nâd/

на̏д (Latin spelling nȁd)

1. over, above (with no change of position, answering the question gdjȅ/gdȅ) [with instrumental]

   Synonym: и̏знад

   Antonym: по̏д

   над столом ― over the table

   власт над неким ― power over somebody

   херој над херојима ― the greatest of all heroes

2. over, above (usually with change of position, answering the question kùda) [with accusative]

   Synonym: и̏знад

   Antonym: по̏д

   Нагнуо се над воду. ― He leaned over the water.

• “над”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

• на́ді (nádi), на́до (nádo) — before awkward consonant clusters

From Proto-Slavic *nadъ.

• IPA^(key): [nad]

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над • (nad)

1. above, over (+ instrumental case)

   Над на́ми со́нце. ― Nad námy sónce. ― The sun is above us.

   перева́га над ки́мось/кимсь ― pereváha nad kýmosʹ/kymsʹ ― an advantage over someone

2. (+ accusative case)
   1. (rare) over (expression motion towards)

      іти́ над го́ру ― itý nad hóru ― to go over a mountain

   2. more than, like (used when increasing the higher measure, the degree of comparison, etc.)

      Люблю́ їх над усе́! ― Ljubljú jix nad usé! ― I love them more than anything!

      Synonym: по́над (pónad)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “над”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “над”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)