натна

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, на- (na-) +‎ *тна (*tna). Diachronically, probably from Proto-Slavic *natęti (to strike, to pierce) (pres. stem: *natьnǫ)?

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnatnɐ]
  • Rhymes: -atnɐ
  • Syllabification(key): нат‧на

Verb

на́тна • (nátna) first-singular present indicativepf (imperfective на́тинам or на́тнувам) (dialectal, obsolete)

  1. (transitive) to tuck, to skewer, to impale
    да натна на ръженda natna na rǎžento skewer [something] onto a spit
  2. (by extension) to install, to set up, to implant forcefully
  3. (figurative) to put on cloths/attire frantically
    Хитно си натнах одеждата.
    Hitno si natnah odeždata.
    [I] frantically put on my overwear.

Conjugation

  • за́тна pf (zátna), за́тинам impf (zátinam) (dialectal)

References

Further reading

  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “натнел”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 554