ходатай

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ходатаи (xodatai). By surface analysis, ходи́ть (xodítʹ) +‎ -а́тай (-átaj).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [xɐˈdatəj]

Noun

хода́тай • (xodátajm anim (genitive хода́тая, nominative plural хода́таи, genitive plural хода́таев)

  1. (dated) solicitor (on certain matters), mediator

Declension