nazaj
Serbo-Croatian
Adverb
nazaj (Cyrillic spelling назај)
- (Kajkavian) back, backwards
- Fran Galović, Jesenski veter
- Striček popeva,
- Peč se razgeva...
- Za čas nazaj nas veter zbudi.
- 1936, Miroslav Krleža, “Galženjačka” in The Ballads of Petrica Kerempuh:
- Z tega pekla ni nazaj,
bogcu galge, grofu raj,
čerleni maj, kervavi maj.- From this hell there is no going back:
gallows for the poor man, paradise for the Count,
a scarlet May, a bloody May.
- From this hell there is no going back:
- Fran Galović, Jesenski veter
Synonyms
- natrag, nazad
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nazàːj/
Adverb
nazáj
- back (to the rear)
- back, backwards (to a previous place or time)
Antonyms
- naprêj
Further reading
- “nazaj”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran