намера
Appearance
Bulgarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Deverbal of наме́ря (namérja, “to figure out”). By surface analysis, на- (na-) + ме́ра (méra).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]наме́ра • (naméra) f (dialectal)
- find (something found or figured out)
- няма намера ― njama namera ― to be unfoundable (literally, “there is no finding”)
- (figurative) fate, outcome due to chance
- Да ти се не види намерата!
- Da ti se ne vidi namerata!
- Damn this luck!
- (literally, “Let this fate not be seen!”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of наме́ра
Alternative forms
[edit]- намя́ра (namjára) — in Eastern dialects
Related terms
[edit]- намере́ние (namerénie, “intention”)
References
[edit]- “намера”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “наме́ра”, 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 188
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “намеря, намирам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 484
Macedonian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]намера • (namera) f (relational adjective намерен)
Declension
[edit]Declension of намера
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]на̑мера f (Latin spelling nȃmera)
- intent, intention
- имати нам(ј)еру ― to intend
- писмо нам(ј)ере ― letter of intend
- то ми није била нам(ј)ера ― that was not my intention
- имам само поштене нам(ј)ере ― I have nothing but the best intentions
- с нам(ј)ером да ― in order to
- с којом нам(ј)ером? ― with what intention?
Declension
[edit]Declension of намера
References
[edit]- “намера”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
- “намера”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 3, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 571
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