затна

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, за- (za-) +‎ *тна (*tna). Diachronically, probably from Proto-Slavic *zatęti (to strike down) (pres. stem: *zatьnǫ)? Bulgarian Etymology Dictionary derives the semantics from formally unrelated затъ́кна (zatǎ́kna, to thrust into).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzatnɐ]
  • Rhymes: -atnɐ
  • Syllabification(key): зат‧на

Verb

за́тна • (zátna) first-singular present indicativepf (imperfective за́тинам or за́тнувам) (dialectal)

  1. (transitive) to slam, to shut down
  2. (transitive) to clog, to block up

Conjugation

  • на́тна pf (nátna), на́тинам impf (nátinam) (dialectal)

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