изненада

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьz nenada. By surface analysis, из- (iz-) +‎ не- (ne-) +‎ на́да (náda, “thread, effect, result”) (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iznɛˈnadɐ]

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Noun

изнена́да • (iznenáda) f

1. surprise (unexpected event, result)

   Synonyms: сю́рприз (sjúrpriz), изневиде́лица (iznevidélica)

   прия́тна изнена́да ― prijátna iznenáda ― pleasant surprise

   ло́ша изнена́да ― lóša iznenáda ― bad, nasty surprise

2. (figuratively) secret, riddle, ambiguity

   Synonyms: зага́дка (zagádka), нея́сност (nejásnost), неизве́стност (neizvéstnost)

3. (emotion) surprise, wonderment

   Synonym: почу́да (počúda)

4. (by extension) amazement, astonishment, awe

   Synonyms: удивле́ние (udivlénie), учу́дване (učúdvane), сма́йване (smájvane), изумле́ние (izumlénie)

Declension

Declension of изнена́да

	singular	plural
indefinite	изнена́да iznenáda	изнена́ди iznenádi
definite	изнена́дата iznenádata	изнена́дите iznenádite

Derived terms

• изнена́дам pf (iznenádam), изнена́двам impf (iznenádvam, “to surprise”)
  • изнена́дан (iznenádan, “surprised”) (past passive participle)

Related terms

• наде́я pf (nadéja), надя́на pf (nadjána), надя́вам impf (nadjávam, “to thread, to put on”)
  • ненаде́йно (nenadéjno, “unexpectedly, abruptly”)
• наде́жда (nadéžda, “hope”)

References

• “изненада”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “изненада”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьz nenada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /îznenaːda/
• Hyphenation: из‧не‧на‧да

Adverb

и̏знена̄да (Latin spelling ȉznenāda)

1. suddenly