ватрушка

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word ватрушка. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word ватрушка, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say ватрушка in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word ватрушка you have here. The definition of the word ватрушка will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofватрушка, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Russian

Russian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ru

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian ватру́шка (vatrúška).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ва‧тру́‧шка

Noun

ватру́шка (vatrúškaf inan (genitive ватру́шки, nominative plural ватру́шки, genitive plural ватру́шек)

ватрушка
  1. vatrushka (a sort of small, round cottage cheese-filled pastry)
    • 1842, Николай Гоголь [Nikolai Gogol], “Том I, Глава 6”, in Мёртвые души; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Dead Souls, London: Chatto & Windus, 1922:
      «Вон оно́ как! — поду́мал про себя́ Чи́чиков. — Хорошо́ же, что я у Собаке́вича перехвати́л ватру́шку да ло́моть бара́ньего бо́ка».
      «Von onó kak! — podúmal pro sebjá Číčikov. — Xorošó že, što ja u Sobakéviča perexvatíl vatrúšku da lómotʹ baránʹjevo bóka».
      'So that's how the land lies!' thought Tchitchikov to himself. 'It's a good thing I did eat a cheese-cake and a good slice of saddle of mutton at Sobakevitch's.'
    • 1927, Пётр Ширяев, chapter II, in Цикута; English translation from Cicuta, (Please provide a date or year):
      Така́я же ти́хая и мя́гкая в движе́ниях, как и в слова́х, она́ неторопли́во накры́ла стол, принесла́ самова́р, колбасу́, сыр и, усе́вшись про́тив Никола́я, стро́го следи́ла за тем, что́бы он ел и сыр, и колбасу́, и ватру́шки.
      Takája že tíxaja i mjáxkaja v dvižénijax, kak i v slováx, oná netoroplívo nakrýla stol, prineslá samovár, kolbasú, syr i, usévšisʹ prótiv Nikolája, strógo sledíla za tem, štóby on jel i syr, i kolbasú, i vatrúški.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. a round, inflatable snow saucer

Declension

Descendants

  • English: vatrushka
  • Finnish: vatruska
  • Ingrian: vatruška

Ukrainian

Ukrainian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia uk

Etymology

ва́тра (vátra) +‎ -у́шка (-úška).

Pronunciation

Noun

ватру́шка (vatrúškaf inan (genitive ватру́шки, nominative plural ватру́шки, genitive plural ватру́шок)

  1. vatrushka (a sort of small, round cottage cheese-filled pastry)

Declension