надо
See also: надо-
Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old East Slavic надъ (nadŭ), надо (nado), from Proto-Slavic *nadъ
Preposition
на́до • (nádo) (+ instrumental case)
- (variant of над (nad) before words beginning with certain awkward consonant clusters such as мн-) above, over
- на́до мной ― nádo mnoj ― above me
Etymology 2
From Old East Slavic надо (nado), надобѣ (nadobě), from dative/locative singular of надоба (nadoba), from Proto-Slavic *nadoba, from *na- + *doba.
Predicative
на́до • (nádo)
Usage notes
The word combination, не на́до, is used in combination with imperfective infinitive verbs. For example,
- Не на́до печа́литься. ― Ne nádo pečálitʹsja. ― There is no need to be sad.
- Не на́до держа́ть отве́т. ― Ne nádo deržátʹ otvét. ― There is no need to answer.
- Не на́до бы́ло пуга́ть бе́лок. ― Ne nádo býlo pugátʹ bélok. ― There was no need to scare the squirrels.
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “над”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “надо”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1995), “*nadъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 22 (*naděliti – *narodъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 15
Tundra Nenets
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *nataw.
Noun
надо • (nado)
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