навод

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, на- (na-) +‎ вод (vod, “guideline”). Probably originally referring to “handiwork, threading” and later on merged with similarly sounding нево́д (nevód).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnavot]
• IPA^(key): [nɐˈvɔt] (rare)

Noun

на́вод or наво́д • (návod or navód) m (dialectal)

1. Alternative form of нево́д (nevód): seine

Declension

Declension of на́вод

	singular	plural
indefinite	на́вод návod	на́води návodi
definite (subject form)	на́водът návodǎt	на́водите návodite
definite (object form)	на́вода návoda
count form	—	на́вода návoda

Related terms

• наводя pf (navodja), навождам impf (navoždam, “to thread, to pass”)
  • ⇒ наво́да (navóda), наво́дка (navódka)

References

• “навод”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “на́водъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 126
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “навод, наводка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 460

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnavɔt]

Noun

навод • (navod) m (relational adjective наводен)

1. quotation
2. reference

Declension

Declension of навод

	singular	plural
indefinite	навод (navod)	наводи (navodi)
definite unspecified	наводот (navodot)	наводите (navodite)
definite proximal	наводов (navodov)	наводиве (navodive)
definite distal	наводон (navodon)	наводине (navodine)
vocative	наводу (navodu)	наводи (navodi)
count form	—	навода (navoda)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nǎːʋod/
• Hyphenation: на‧вод

Noun

на́вод m (Latin spelling návod)

1. quotation

Declension

Declension of навод

	singular	plural
nominative	навод	наводи
genitive	навода	навода
dative	наводу	наводима
accusative	навод	наводе
vocative	наводе	наводи
locative	наводу	наводима
instrumental	наводом	наводима

Further reading

• “навод”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025