над-

See also: над and Appendix:Variations of "nad"

Russian

Alternative forms

  • надо- (nado-) — used before certain consonant clusters

Pronunciation

  • над-: IPA(key): [nəd] (before vowels and voiced consonants)
  • над-: IPA(key): [nət] (before voiceless consonants)
  • на́д-: IPA(key): [ˈnad] (when stressed, before vowels and voiced consonants)
  • над-: IPA(key): [ˈnat] (when stressed, before voiceless consonants)

Prefix

над- or на́д- • (nad- or nád-)

  1. takes verbs, produces verbs: to extend, add
  2. takes verbs, produces verbs: to apply an action or measure
    ‎над- (nad-) + ‎-зира́ть (-zirátʹ, “to look at”) → ‎надзира́ть (nadzirátʹ, “to oversee”)
  3. takes verbs, produces verbs: to apply an action in incomplete manner
    ‎над- (nad-) + ‎куси́ть (kusítʹ, “to bite”) → ‎надкуси́ть (nadkusítʹ, “to take a bite, nibble”)
  4. takes verbs, produces verbs: super-
    ‎над- (nad-) + ‎писа́ть (pisátʹ, “to write”) → ‎надписа́ть (nadpisátʹ, “to superscribe, to inscribe”)
  5. takes nouns, produces nouns and adjectives: over, above
    ‎над- (nad-) + ‎вода́ (vodá, “water”) + ‎-ный (-nyj, adjective-forming suffix) → ‎надво́дный (nadvódnyj, “above-water”)
    ‎над- (nad-) + ‎гроб (grob, “grave”) (poetic) + ‎-ие (-ije, noun-forming suffix) → ‎надгро́бие (nadgróbije, “tombstone”, literally “thing over the grave”)

Usage notes

Derived terms

Russian terms prefixed with над-
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