намера

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Deverbal of наме́ря (namérja, to figure out). By surface analysis, на- (na-) +‎ ме́ра (méra).

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Noun

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наме́ра (naméraf (dialectal)

  1. find (something found or figured out)
    няма намераnjama namerato be unfoundable (literally, “there is no finding”)
  2. (figurative) fate, outcome due to chance
    Да ти се не види намерата!
    Da ti se ne vidi namerata!
    Damn this luck!
    (literally, “Let this fate not be seen!”)

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Macedonian

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Noun

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намера (nameraf (relational adjective намерен)

  1. intention

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Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From на- +‎ мјера.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nâːmera/
  • Hyphenation: на‧ме‧ра

Noun

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на̑мера f (Latin spelling nȃmera)

  1. intent, intention
    имати нам(ј)еруto intend
    писмо нам(ј)ереletter of intend
    то ми није била нам(ј)ераthat was not my intention
    имам само поштене нам(ј)ереI have nothing but the best intentions
    с нам(ј)ером даin order to
    с којом нам(ј)ером?with what intention?

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References

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  • намера” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • намера”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 3, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 571