nazaj

Serbo-Croatian

Adverb

nazaj (Cyrillic spelling назај)

  1. (Kajkavian) back, backwards
    Synonyms: natrag, nazad
    • 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.

Slovene

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nazàːj/

Adverb

nazáj

  1. back (to the rear)
  2. 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
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