napad

See also: nápad

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *napadъ (“attack”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian napad, Polish napad, Czech nápad (“idea”), Serbo-Croatian nápad, Slovene napàd, Macedonian напад (napad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.pat/
• Rhymes: -apat
• Syllabification: na‧pad

Noun

napad m inan

1. attack

Declension

Declension of napad

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	napad	napada	napady
Genitive	napada	napadowu	napadow
Dative	napadoju	napadoma	napadam
Accusative	napad	napada	napady
Instrumental	napadom	napadoma	napadami
Locative	napaźe	napadoma	napadach

Derived terms

• napadnuś pf
• napadowaŕ m
• napadowaś impf
• napadowaty

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *napadъ (“attack”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian napad, Lower Sorbian napad, Czech nápad (“idea”), Serbo-Croatian nápad, Slovene napàd, Macedonian напад (napad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.pat/

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• Rhymes: -apat
• Syllabification: na‧pad

Noun

napad m inan

1. (medicine) attack (sudden onset of a disease)
2. (crime) robbery

Declension

Declension of napad

	singular	plural
nominative	napad	napady
genitive	napadu	napadów
dative	napadowi	napadom
accusative	napad	napady
instrumental	napadem	napadami
locative	napadzie	napadach
vocative	napadzie	napady

Further reading

• “napad”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “napad”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *napadъ (“attack”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian napad, Lower Sorbian napad, Polish napad, Czech nápad (“idea”), Slovene napàd, Macedonian напад (napad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nǎːpad/

Noun

nápad m inan (Cyrillic spelling на́пад)

1. attack, assault, aggression

   Antonyms: ȍbrana, ȍdbrana

Declension

Declension of napad

	singular	plural
nominative	napad	napadi
genitive	napada	napada
dative	napadu	napadima
accusative	napad	napade
vocative	napade	napadi
locative	napadu	napadima
instrumental	napadom	napadima

Related terms

• nàpasti
• nȁpadāj
• histerični napad

Further reading

• “napad”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *napadъ (“attack”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian napad, Lower Sorbian napad, Polish napad, Serbo-Croatian nápad, Czech nápad, Macedonian напад (napad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /napát/

Noun

napȁd m inan

1. attack (attempt to cause damage or injury)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	napàd
gen. sing.	napáda
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	napàd	napáda	napádi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	napáda	napádov	napádov
dative (dajȃlnik)	napádu	napádoma	napádom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	napàd	napáda	napáde
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	napádu	napádih	napádih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	napádom	napádoma	napádi

Further reading

• “napad”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “napad”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *napadъ. Cognate with Lower Sorbian napad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnapat/
• Rhymes: -apat
• Hyphenation: na‧pad
• Syllabification: na‧pad

Noun

napad m inan

1. idea (all kinds of mental representation)

Declension

Declension of napad (masculine hard stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	napad	napadaj	napady
genitive	napada	napadow	napadow
dative	napadej	napadomaj	napadam
accusative	napad	napadaj	napady
instrumental	napadom	napadomaj	napadami
locative	napadźe	napadomaj	napadach
vocative	napado, napadźe	napadaj	napady

Further reading

• “napad”, in Mudra corpus [Upper Sorbian–Czech dictionary] (in Czech), 2024–2026
• “napad” in Soblex