вата

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vata"

Erzya

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

вата • (vata)

  1. (obsolete) father-in-law (wife's father)

Declension

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References

  • Heikki Paasonen, Kaino Heikkilä, Martti Kahla (1990-1996) “vata”, in H. Paasonens Mordwinisches Wörterbuch [Heikki Paasonen's Dialect Dictionary of the Mordvinian Languages]‎[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvata]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

вата • (vataf

  1. cotton wool

Declension

Declension of вата
singular
indefinite вата (vata)
definite unspecified ватата (vatata)
definite proximal ватава (vatava)
definite distal ватана (vatana)
vocative вато (vato)

Nanai

Etymology

Akin to Even ота (ota).

Noun

вата (vata)

  1. wave

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Watte or French ouate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvatə]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

ва́та • (vátaf inan (genitive ва́ты, nominative plural ва́ты, genitive plural ват, relational adjective ва́тный, diminutive ва́тка)

  1. absorbent cotton, cotton wool, wadding, batting
    на ва́теna vátewadded, padded
    пальто́ на ва́теpalʹtó na vátewadded coat
  2. (cloth) drugstore cotton
  3. glass wool
  4. (slang, derogatory, collective, politics) Russian nationalists (compare ватник)

Declension

Derived terms

Compound words:

Compounds:

Descendants

  • Kildin Sami: ва̄та (vāta)
  • Yakut: баата (baata)

See also

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вата”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Watte, from Dutch watten, from French ouate, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋâta/

Noun

ва̏та f (Latin spelling vȁta)

  1. cotton wool

Declension

Declension of вата
singular plural
nominative вата вате
genitive вате вата
dative вати ватама
accusative вату вате
vocative вато вате
locative вати ватама
instrumental ватом ватама

Tundra Nenets

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *wə-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [wətʌ]
  • Hyphenation: вӑ‧та

Adjective

вата • (wata)

  1. excess

References

  • N. M. Tereschenko (2005) “вӑта”, in Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Watte or French ouate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʋatɐ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

ва́та • (vátaf inan (genitive ва́ти, nominative plural ва́ти, genitive plural ват)

  1. absorbent cotton, cotton wool, wadding

Declension

Declension of ва́та
(inan hard fem-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative ва́та
váta
ва́ти
váty
genitive ва́ти
váty
ват
vat
dative ва́ті
váti
ва́там
vátam
accusative ва́ту
vátu
ва́ти
váty
instrumental ва́тою
vátoju
ва́тами
vátamy
locative ва́ті
váti
ва́тах
vátax
vocative ва́то
váto
ва́ти
váty

References