заден

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, зад (zad, back) + -ен (-en, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzadɛn]
  • (file)

Adjective

за́ден • (záden)

  1. back, rear, behind, posterior
    Antonym: пре́ден (préden)
  2. backward
    за́ден ходzáden hodgoing in reverse
  3. (figuratively) covert, deceptive, underhanded, ulterior
    • 1962, Камен Калчев, Семейството на тъкачите:
      Преди всичко този лекар е съвсем благороден човек. Никакви задни мисли няма, както ти си въобразяваш.
      Predi vsičko tozi lekar e sǎvsem blagoroden čovek. Nikakvi zadni misli njama, kakto ti si vǎobrazjavaš.
      Above all, this doctor is an entirely noble person. He has no such ulterior thoughts as you imagine them.

Declension

Derived terms

  • за́ден план (záden plan, background)
  • за́ден ход (záden hod, going in reverse) (of a vehicle)
  • задна предавка (zadna predavka, reverse gear, reverse transmission)

References

  • заден”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • заден”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • заден”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 242

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzadɛn]

Adjective

заден • (zaden) (superlative најзаден, abstract noun заднина)

  1. back, posterior, last

Declension

Synonyms

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