# назад
## Belarusian
### Etymology

From на- (na-) +‎ зад (zad).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [naˈzat]
* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

наза́д • (nazád)
* back, backward, backwards (to an opposite or reverse direction)
* back (to a previous condition or place)
* (postpositive) back, ago
    Synonym: (formal) таму́ наза́д (tamú nazád)

### References

* “назад” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Bulgarian
### Etymology

From на- (na-) +‎ зад (zad)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nɐˈzat]
* Hyphenation: на‧зад

### Adverb

наза́д • (nazád) (not comparable)
* back, backwards

#### Alternative forms

* наза́де (nazáde) — fossilized locative case

#### Related terms

* изза́д (izzád)
* отза́д (otzád)

### References

* “назад”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “назад”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Nayden Gerov (1899) “наза́дъ, наза́дѣ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 160

## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnazat]

### Adverb

назад • (nazad) (not comparable)
* backward, in the back

## Russian
### Alternative forms

* наза́дъ (nazád) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

### Etymology

на- (na-) +‎ зад (zad)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nɐˈzat]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -at

### Adverb

наза́д • (nazád)
* back, backward, backwards

#### Derived terms

* Ни шагу назад

#### Related terms

* назади́ (nazadí)
* тому́ наза́д (tomú nazád)

### Interjection

наза́д • (nazád)
* get back
    Наза́д! ― Nazád! ― Get back! (often with an intensified form of emotion)

### Postposition

наза́д • (nazád)
* ago
    Пять мину́т наза́д ― Pjatʹ minút nazád ― Five minutes ago

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nâzaːd/
* Hyphenation: на‧зад

### Adverb

на̏за̄д (Latin spelling nȁzād)
* back, backwards
    Synonym: на̏тра̄г
    Antonym: на̏прије̄д / на̏пре̄д
    ићи назад ― to go back

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

From на- (na-) +‎ зад (zad).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nɐˈzad]
* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

наза́д • (nazád)
* back, backward, backwards (to an opposite or reverse direction)
* back (to a previous condition or place)
* (postpositive, colloquial) back, ago
    Synonym: (noncolloquial) тому́ (tomú)
    па́ру ти́жнів наза́д ― páru týžniv nazád ― A couple of weeks back

### Further reading

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “назад”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “назад”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
* A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “назад”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
* A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “назад”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
* “назад”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
* “назад”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)