дача

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *daťa, from *dati (whence Russian дать (datʹ)).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

да́ча • (dáčaf inan (genitive да́чи, nominative plural да́чи, genitive plural дач, relational adjective да́чный)

  1. dacha, villa, country house
    • 1866, Фёдор Достоевский, “Часть I, Глава V”, in Преступление и наказание; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Crime and Punishment, 1914:
      Иногда он останавливался перед какою-нибудь изукрашенною в зелени дачей, смотрел в ограду, видел вдали на балконах и террасах, разряженных женщин и бегающих в саду детей.
      Inogda on ostanavlivalsja pered kakoju-nibudʹ izukrašennoju v zeleni dačej, smotrel v ogradu, videl vdali na balkonax i terrasax, razrjažennyx ženščin i begajuščix v sadu detej.
      Sometimes he stood still before a brightly painted summer villa standing among green foliage, he gazed through the fence, he saw in the distance smartly dressed women on the verandahs and balconies, and children running in the gardens.
  2. allotment; a (small) plot of land in the outskirts of Russian cities usually used by city dwellers for growing fruit and vegetables
  3. giving
    да́ча показа́нийdáča pokazánijgiving evidence, testifying, deposition, statement

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: դաչա (dačʻa)
  • Catalan: datxa
  • English: dacha, datcha
  • Finnish: datša
  • German: Datsche
  • Ingrian: daaca
  • Irish: daitse
  • Italian: dacia
  • Japanese: ダーチャ (dācha)
  • Kildin Sami: дача (dača)
  • Korean: 다차 (dacha)
  • Portuguese: dacha, datcha
  • Serbo-Croatian:
  • Spanish: dacha
  • Ukrainian: да́ча (dáča)
  • Yiddish: דאַטשע (datshe)
  • Welsh: datsha

References

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian да́ча (dáča).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dât͡ʃa/
  • Hyphenation: да‧ча

Noun

да̏ча f (Latin spelling dȁča)

  1. dacha (a Russian villa, or summer house, in the countryside)

Declension

Declension of дача
singular plural
nominative дача даче
genitive даче дача
dative дачи дачама
accusative дачу даче
vocative дачо даче
locative дачи дачама
instrumental дачом дачама

References

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

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian да́ча (dáča).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdat͡ʃɐ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: да‧ча

Noun

да́ча • (dáčaf inan (genitive да́чі, nominative plural да́чі, genitive plural дач, relational adjective да́чний)

  1. dacha, country house (a countryside vacation summer house)
    у батькі́в на да́чіu batʹkív na dáčiat parents' dacha
  2. (in the singular) a giving
    Synonym: дава́ння n (davánnja)

Declension

Declension of да́ча
(inan semisoft fem-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative да́ча
dáča
да́чі
dáči
genitive да́чі
dáči
дач
dač
dative да́чі
dáči
да́чам
dáčam
accusative да́чу
dáču
да́чі
dáči
instrumental да́чею
dáčeju
да́чами
dáčamy
locative да́чі
dáči
да́чах
dáčax
vocative да́че
dáče
да́чі
dáči

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