ворота

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vorta. Doublet of врата́ (vratá), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

• IPA^(key): [vɐˈrotə]

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воро́та • (voróta) n inan pl (genitive воро́т, plural only, diminutive воро́тца)

1. gate
2. goal (in many sports, e.g. soccer, an area into which the players attempt to put an object)

   пробива́ть ми́мо воро́т ― probivátʹ mímo vorót ― to shoot past the goal; to shoot wide

• подворо́тня f (podvorótnja)

Compounds:

• игра́ в одни́ воро́та f (igrá v odní voróta)

Phrases

• как бара́н на но́вые воро́та (kak barán na nóvyje voróta)

Proverbs

• пришла́ беда́ — отворя́й ворота́ (prišlá bedá — otvorjáj vorotá)

• → Kazakh: борат (borat)

• кали́тка (kalítka)

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

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “ворота”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvorətə]

во́рота • (vórota) m inan

1. genitive singular of во́рот (vórot)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vorta.

• IPA^(key): [wɔˈrɔtɐ]

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воро́та • (voróta) n inan pl (genitive ворі́т, plural only)

1. gate

   Synonym: бра́ма f (bráma)

2. (sports) goal
3. (anatomy) entry point (of nerves)
4. (medicine) portal of entry (organ or tissue through which an infectious agent enters the body)

• ворота́р (vorotár)