Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/na

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *nō.

Preposition

*na

1. (with locative) on
2. (with locative) concerning
3. (with accusative) onto
4. (with accusative) to, towards
5. (with accusative) against

Derived terms

• *na-
• *naj-

Antonyms

• *sъ(n)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: на (na)
    • Belarusian: на (na)
    • Russian: на (na)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: на (na)
    • Ukrainian: на (na)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: на (na)

    Glagolitic script: ⱀⰰ (na)

  • Bulgarian: на (na)
  • Macedonian: на (na)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: на

    Latin script: na

  • Slovene: na (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: na
    • Czech: na
  • Old Polish: na
    • Polish: na
    • Silesian: na
  • Slovak: na
  • Polabian: no
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: na
    • Slovincian: na
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: na
    • Lower Sorbian: na

Etymology 2

It has been identified with the preposition, such that its entry is unified in the Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages.

Interjection

*na

1. here you are! come and take it!

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: на (na)
  • Russian: на (na)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: на (na)
  • Ukrainian: на (na)
  • → Karaim:

    Cyrillic script: на

    Latin script: na

  • → Turkish: na (Trabzon, Rize)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: на (na)
  • Macedonian: на (na)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: на, на̏

    Latin script: nȃ, nȁ

  • Slovene: nȃ (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: na
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: na
    • Slovincian: na
  • Silesian: na
  • Slovak: na
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: na
    • Upper Sorbian: na

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

*na

1. accusative of *vě