натае

Univerbation of на (na, “at”) +‎ *тае (*tae, “secretly”). According to Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary, formed on the model of antonym ная́ве (najáve, “openly”) from a lost *tajь (“secret”), synchronically – an obsolete action noun of тая́ (tajá, “to keep in secret”).

• IPA^(key): [nɐtɐˈɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Syllabification^(key): на‧та‧е
• Hyphenation^(key): на‧тае

натае́ • (nataé) (not comparable) (obsolete)

1. confidentially, covertly (not openly)

   Antonym: ная́ве (najáve)

• Nayden Gerov (1899), “натаѣ́”, 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 228
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “натае”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 547

• “таи”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2026

• етана (etana), наета (naeta)