назад

Belarusian

Etymology

From на- (na-) +‎ зад (zad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [naˈzat]

• Audio:

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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

на- (na-) +‎ зад (zad)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɐˈzat]
• Hyphenation: на‧зад

Adverb

наза́д • (nazád) (not comparable)

1. back, backwards

Alternative forms

• наза́де (nazáde) — fossilized locative case

Related terms

• изза́д (izzád)
• отза́д (otzád)

References

• “назад”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “назад”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “наза́дъ, наза́дѣ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 160

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnazat]

Adverb

назад • (nazad) (not comparable)

1. backward, in the back

Russian

Alternative forms

• наза́дъ (nazád) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

на- (na-) +‎ зад (zad)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɐˈzat]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -at

Adverb

наза́д • (nazád)

1. back, backward, backwards

Derived terms

• Ни шагу назад

Related terms

• назади́ (nazadí)
• тому́ наза́д (tomú nazád)

Interjection

наза́д • (nazád)

1. get back

   Наза́д! ― Nazád! ― Get back! (often with an intensified form of emotion)

Postposition

наза́д • (nazád)

1. ago

   Пять мину́т наза́д ― Pjatʹ minút nazád ― Five 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 назад ― to 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 наза́д ― páru týžniv nazád ― A couple of weeks back

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “назад”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “назад”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “назад”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “назад”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “назад”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “назад”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)