напокон

Bulgarian

Etymology

Univerbation of на (na, “on”) +‎ поко́н (pokón, “term”) (obsolete).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɐpoˈkɔn]
• IPA^(key): [ˈnapokon] (dialectally)

Adverb

напоко́н or на́покон • (napokón or nápokon) (poetic, dated)

1. at last, ultimately

Related terms

• коне́ц (konéc, “end”) (obsolete)
  • коне́чен (konéčen, “final”), оконча́ние (okončánie, “termination”)
• зако́н (zakón, “law”)

References

• “напокон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “на́поконъ”, 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 200
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “напокон”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 497

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nâpokon/
• Hyphenation: на‧по‧кон

Adverb

на̏покон (Latin spelling nȁpokon)

1. finally, at last