нави

Plural form of Proto-Slavic *navь. Probably akin to *nyti (“to ache, to wither”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈnavi]
• Rhymes: -avi
• Syllabification^(key): на‧ви

на́ви • (návi) m pl (dialectal)

1. (Slavic mythology) undead (creature without soul)

• уни́я pf (uníja), уни́вам impf (unívam)
  • ⇒ уни́л (uníl), уни́ние (unínie)

• “нави”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899), “на́ви”, 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 123
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “на́ви”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 458

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): [nɐˈvi]
• Rhymes: -vi
• Syllabification^(key): на‧ви

нави́ • (naví)

1. second/third-person singular aorist indicative of нави́я (navíja)

• вина (vina), Иван (Ivan)

• IPA^(key): [ˈnavi]
• Hyphenation: на‧ви

нави • (navi) f pl

1. malevolent mythical creatures