nazaj

Serbo-Croatian

Adverb

nazaj (Cyrillic spelling назај)

1. (Kajkavian) back, backwards

   Synonyms: natrag, nazad

   • Fran Galović, Jesenski veter

     Striček popeva,

     Peč se razgeva...

     Za čas nazaj nas veter zbudi.

   • 1936, Miroslav Krleža, “Galženjačka”, in The Ballads of Petrica Kerempuh:

     Z tega pekla ni nazaj,
     bogcu galge, grofu raj,
     čerleni maj, kervavi maj.

     From this hell there is no going back:
     gallows for the poor man, paradise for the Count,
     a scarlet May, a bloody May.

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nazàːj/

Adverb

nazáj

1. back (to the rear)
2. back, backwards (to a previous place or time)

Antonyms

• naprêj

Further reading

• “nazaj”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024