на-
See also: на, ня, -на, -ња, and Appendix:Variations of "na"
Russian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *na.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nə]
- IPA(key): [ˈna] (when stressed)
Prefix
на- • (na-)
- (used with verbs) onto, upon
- на- (na-) + идти́ (idtí, “to go”) → найти́ (najtí, “to find”, literally “to come upon”)
- (used with verbs) to repletion, to satiation, to the full, enough, too much
- на- (na-) + пить (pitʹ, “to drink”) + -ся (-sja, reflexive suffi) → напи́ться (napítʹsja, “to drink to the full; to quench one’s thirst; to get drunk”)
- (used with verbs) a quantity of, a lot of
- на- (na-) + купи́ть (kupítʹ, “to buy”) → накупи́ть книг (nakupítʹ knig, “to buy a quantity of books, a lot of books”)
Usage notes
- The stressed variant is found in the following situations:
- the past participle of verbs with a one-syllable root ending in -ать: e.g. на́званный (názvannyj) from назва́ть (nazvátʹ), на́чатый (náčatyj) from нача́ть (načátʹ);
- some deverbal nouns: e.g. на́тиск (nátisk, “onslaught, pressure”) from нати́скать (natískatʹ);
- some adverbs: e.g. на́прочь (nápročʹ, “absolutely, without a trace (colloquial)”), на́смерть (násmertʹ, “to death, utterly”), на́земь (názemʹ, “down, onto the ground (poetic)”).
Derived terms
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Related terms
- на (na)