назад

Belarusian

Etymology

From на- (na-) +‎ зад (zad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [naˈzat]

• Audio:

  (file)

Adverb

наза́д • (nazád)

1. back, backward, backwards (to an opposite or reverse direction)
2. back (to a previous condition or place)
3. (postpositive) back, ago

   Synonym: (formal) таму́ наза́д (tamú nazád)

References

• “назад” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian

Etymology

From на- (na-) +‎ зад (zad)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɐˈzat]
• Rhymes: -at
• Hyphenation: на‧зад

Adverb

наза́д • (nazád) (not comparable)

1. back, backwards

Alternative forms

• наза́де (nazáde) — fossilized locative case

Related terms

• изза́д (izzád)
• отза́д (otzád)

References

• “назад”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “назад”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “наза́дъ, наза́дѣ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 160

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnazat]

Adverb

назад • (nazad) (not comparable)

1. backward, in the back

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak nazad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnazat]
• Rhymes: -azat
• Hyphenation: на‧зад

Adverb

назад (nazad)

1. back, backward

   Antonym: напредок (napredok)

   • 2024 December 14, М. Афич, “Ремесло хторе ше отримало вецей як сто роки”, in Руске Слово‎^[2]:

     И заш ше так трафело же сом убег до тей старей Надьордьовей карчми, а вон бул там, та ми гварел: „Яй Владимире, Владимире, нє будзеш ти бановац? Нє придзеш назад?”

     I zaš še tak trafelo že som ubeh do tej starej Nadʹordʹovej karčmi, a von bul tam, ta mi hvarel: „Jaj Vladimire, Vladimire, nje budzeš ti banovac? Nje pridzeš nazad?”

     And it happened again that I ran to the old Nađorđ tavern, and he was there, saying to me: "Hey Vladimir, Vladimir, won't you regret it? Won't you come back?"

   • 2025 February 23, Вл. Дїтко, “Нє щезли памятки на велького фаховца и ерудиту”, in Руске Слово‎^[3]:

     Подприємство у хторим Александар роби ма коло 30 камиони, а накадзи ше враци зоз драги, наш собешеднїк на авту приходзи до Шиду, а так ше ознова и враца назад на роботу.

     Podprijemstvo u xtorim Aleksandar robi ma kolo 30 kamioni, a nakadzi še vraci zoz drahi, naš sobešednjik na avtu prixodzi do Šidu, a tak še oznova i vraca nazad na robotu.

     The company where Aleksandar works has around 30 trucks, and as soon as he returns from the road, our interlocutor comes to Šid by car, and so he returns back to work again.

2. Synonym of назадок (nazadok)

Related terms

adjectives

• назадни (nazadni)

adverbs

• назадку (nazadku)
• назадок (nazadok)

nouns

• назадняк m pers (nazadnjak)

verbs

• назадовац impf (nazadovac)

References

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “назад”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “back”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 33

Russian

Alternative forms

• наза́дъ (nazád) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

на- (na-) +‎ зад (zad)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɐˈzat]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -at

Adverb

наза́д • (nazád)

1. back, backward, backwards

Derived terms

• Ни шагу назад

Related terms

• назади́ (nazadí)
• тому́ наза́д (tomú nazád)

Interjection

наза́д • (nazád)

1. get back

   Наза́д! ― Nazád! ― Get back! (often with an intensified form of emotion)

Postposition

наза́д • (nazád)

1. ago

   Пять мину́т наза́д ― Pjatʹ minút nazád ― Five minutes ago

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nâzaːd/
• Hyphenation: на‧зад

Adverb

на̏за̄д (Latin spelling nȁzād)

1. back, backwards

   Synonym: на̏тра̄г

   Antonym: на̏прије̄д / на̏пре̄д

   ићи назад ― to go back

Ukrainian

Etymology

From на- (na-) +‎ зад (zad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɐˈzad]

• Audio:

  (file)

Adverb

наза́д • (nazád)

1. back, backward, backwards (to an opposite or reverse direction)
2. back (to a previous condition or place)
3. (postpositive, colloquial) back, ago

   Synonym: (noncolloquial) тому́ (tomú)

   па́ру ти́жнів наза́д ― páru týžniv nazád ― A couple of weeks back

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “назад”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “назад”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “назад”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “назад”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “назад”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “назад”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)