назад

Belarusian

Etymology

From на- (na-) +‎ зад (zad).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [naˈzat]
  • Audio:(file)

Adverb

наза́д • (nazád)

  1. back, backward, backwards (to an opposite or reverse direction)
  2. back (to a previous condition or place)
  3. (postpositive) back, ago
    Synonym: (formal) таму́ наза́д (tamú nazád)

References

  • назад” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian

Etymology

From на- (na-) +‎ зад (zad)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɐˈzat]
  • Rhymes: -at
  • Hyphenation: на‧зад

Adverb

наза́д • (nazád) (not comparable)

  1. back, backwards

Alternative forms

  • наза́де (nazáde)fossilized locative case
  • изза́д (izzád)
  • отза́д (otzád)

References

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnazat]

Adverb

назад • (nazad) (not comparable)

  1. backward, in the back

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak nazad.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnazat]
  • Rhymes: -azat
  • Hyphenation: на‧зад

Adverb

назад (nazad)

  1. back, backward
    Antonym: напредок (napredok)
    • 2024 December 14, М. Афич, “Ремесло хторе ше отримало вецей як сто роки”, in Руске Слово[2]:
      И заш ше так трафело же сом убег до тей старей Надьордьовей карчми, а вон бул там, та ми гварел: „Яй Владимире, Владимире, нє будзеш ти бановац? Нє придзеш назад?”
      I zaš še tak trafelo že som ubeh do tej starej Nadʹordʹovej karčmi, a von bul tam, ta mi hvarel: „Jaj Vladimire, Vladimire, nje budzeš ti banovac? Nje pridzeš nazad?”
      And it happened again that I ran to the old Nađorđ tavern, and he was there, saying to me: "Hey Vladimir, Vladimir, won't you regret it? Won't you come back?"
    • 2025 February 23, Вл. Дїтко, “Нє щезли памятки на велького фаховца и ерудиту”, in Руске Слово[3]:
      Подприємство у хторим Александар роби ма коло 30 камиони, а накадзи ше враци зоз драги, наш собешеднїк на авту приходзи до Шиду, а так ше ознова и враца назад на роботу.
      Podprijemstvo u xtorim Aleksandar robi ma kolo 30 kamioni, a nakadzi še vraci zoz drahi, naš sobešednjik na avtu prixodzi do Šidu, a tak še oznova i vraca nazad na robotu.
      The company where Aleksandar works has around 30 trucks, and as soon as he returns from the road, our interlocutor comes to Šid by car, and so he returns back to work again.
  2. synonym of назадок (nazadok)
adjectives
adverbs
nouns
  • назадняк m pers (nazadnjak)
verbs
  • назадовац impf (nazadovac)

References

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

на- (na-) +‎ зад (zad)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɐˈzat]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -at

Adverb

наза́д • (nazád)

  1. back, backward, backwards

Derived terms

Interjection

наза́д • (nazád)

  1. get back
    Наза́д!Nazád!Get back! (often with an intensified form of emotion)

Postposition

наза́д • (nazád)

  1. ago
    Пять мину́т наза́дPjatʹ minút nazádFive minutes ago

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nâzaːd/
  • Hyphenation: на‧зад

Adverb

на̏за̄д (Latin spelling nȁzād)

  1. back, backwards
    Synonym: на̏тра̄г
    Antonym: на̏прије̄д / на̏пре̄д
    ићи назадto go back

Ukrainian

Etymology

From на- (na-) +‎ зад (zad).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɐˈzad]
  • Audio:(file)

Adverb

наза́д • (nazád)

  1. back, backward, backwards (to an opposite or reverse direction)
  2. back (to a previous condition or place)
  3. (postpositive, colloquial) back, ago
    Synonym: (noncolloquial) тому́ (tomú)
    па́ру ти́жнів наза́дpáru týžniv nazádA couple of weeks back

Further reading