надъ

Old Church Slavonic

Preposition

надъ • (nadŭ)

  1. above
  2. over

References

  • Mali staroslavensko-hrvatski rječnik, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, 2004

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nadъ. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic надъ (nadŭ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɑdʊ//ˈnadʊ//ˈnad/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈnɑdʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈnadʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈnad/

  • Hyphenation: на‧дъ

Preposition

надъ (nadŭ) [with instrumental]

  1. above, over
    • 14th c., Merilo Pravednoye: Trinity copy[1], page 10:
      Б҃ъ ѥсть надъ всѣми вѣки. и преже бꙑтьꙗ всеꙗ твари. и преже свѣта разѵмнагѡ.
      B:ŭ jestĭ nadŭ vsěmi věki. i preže bytĭja vseja tvari. i preže světa razümnago.
      God is above all lives. And before the existance of all creation. And before the rational world.

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: надъ (nad)
  • Russian: над (nad)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902), “надъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[2] (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 280

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nət]

Preposition

надъ • (nad)

  1. Pre-1918 spelling of над (nad).