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naime

//nǎime//
Serbo-Croatianadv
Ћирилица: наимеone entry, two scripts

Definitions

  1. 1.
    however, on the other hand (in order to remind or point out something unsaid or unknown, often sentence initially or separated with commas)
    • to se, naime, dogodilo jučer

      that, however, occurred yesterday

    • savršeni sustavi, naime, redovito vode u ropstvo i zločin

      perfect systems, however, regularly lead to enslavement and crimes

  2. 2.
    namely
    • Nije to tako usamljena pojava, to naime da neko selo ili grad iz čista mira pomahnitaju, bilo je već u historiji takvih slučajeva. - It is not such an isolated occurrence, namely that a particular village or a town goes crazy for no reason; there were such incidents before throughout the history.

  3. 3.
    formalregionalactually, in fact, in point of fact, as a matter of fact
    • Naime, Azteci su naselili moderni Meksiko 3000 godina prije dolaska španjolskih kolonizatora.

      In fact, Aztecs settled modern Mexico 3000 years before the arrival of Spanish colonizers.

Etymology

From na- + ime.

Forms

  • nàimecanonical
  • на̀имеcyrillic

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