naložiti

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nalǒʒiti/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *naložìti (to put (something on something else)). Compare Old Church Slavonic наложити (naložiti), Slovene naložīti, Russian наложи́ть (naložítʹ), Polish nałożyć. By surface analysis, na- +‎ lòžiti.

Verb

nalòžiti pf (Cyrillic spelling нало̀жити, imperfective nalágati)

  1. to order, to command [with accusative ‘an attack or other action, a decree, etc.’ or da (+ clause) ‘that something be done’]

Further reading

  • naložiti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • naložiti1”, in Veliki rječnik hrvatskoga standardnog jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: Školska knjiga, 2015

Etymology 2

From na- +‎ lòžiti (to ignite (a fire)).

Verb

nalòžiti pf (Cyrillic spelling нало̀жити)

  1. to make (a fire) (to prepare and light it)
  2. to light with fire, to ignite (a stove, etc.)

Further reading

  • naložiti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • naložiti2”, in Veliki rječnik hrvatskoga standardnog jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: Školska knjiga, 2015