ватах

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic ватахъ (vataxŭ, chief, commander). Probably of Oghur origin,[1] related to dialectal Bulgarian ватог (vatog, hearth).

Alternatively, according to Vl. Georgiev (BER): a Thracian borrowing,[2] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (to lead).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

вата́х • (vatáhm (relational adjective вата́хов or вата́шки)

  1. (dialectal) chief master at pottery furnace

Declension

Declension of вата́х
singular plural
indefinite вата́х
vatáh
вата́си
vatási
definite
(subject form)
вата́хът
vatáhǎt
вата́сите
vatásite
definite
(object form)
вата́ха
vatáha
vocative form вата́хо
vatáho
вата́си
vatási

Alternative forms

  • ватафин (vatafin)
  • ватог (vatog, hearth) (probably)
  • вигня́ (vignjá, pottery furnace)

References

  1. ^ Biliarsky, Ivan (2011) “Word and Power in Mediaeval Bulgaria”, in East Central and Eastern Europe in Medieval Ages, 450 - 1450[1], Brill, page 40:ватахъ (subst. m.)
  2. ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ватах, ватаф(ин)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 123

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvatəx]

Noun

ва́тах • (vátaxf inan pl

  1. prepositional plural of ва́та (váta)