атас

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Dolgan

Etymology

From earlier *at-daš, compare Turkish adaş.

Noun

атас (atas)

  1. friend, fellow student

Russian

Etymology

Likely related to ата́нда (atánda).

Pronunciation

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Interjection

ата́с (atás)

  1. (colloquial) watch out!, cheese it!, cave! (warning of danger, authorities, etc.)
    Synonyms: ата́нда (atánda), шу́хер (šúxer)
    • 1963, А. И. Солженицын, Для пользы дела:
      Он слы́шал это «ата́с», знал, что так ребя́та предупрежда́ют об опа́сности, и понима́л, что тишина́ его́ встре́тила неесте́ственная.
      On slýšal eto «atás», znal, što tak rebjáta predupreždájut ob opásnosti, i ponimál, što tišiná jevó vstrétila nejestéstvennaja.
      He had heard “cave!”, knew that this was how the kids warned each other of danger, and understood that the silence which met him was not natural.

Predicative

ата́с (atás)

  1. (slang) amazing, fantastic
    • 1991, Александр Кабаков, Сочинитель:
      ― Привет, ― сказал парень, ― с приездом. Выглядишь, прикинута ― атас… Я забыл, ты где была?
      ― Privet, ― skazal parenʹ, ― s prijezdom. Vygljadišʹ, prikinuta ― atas… Ja zabyl, ty gde byla?
      “Hey”, said the guy, “welcome. Your look is totally amazing. I forgot, where've you been?”
  2. (slang) horrible, a nightmare
    • 1998, В. В. Кунин, Кыся:
      По́мню, в кино́ «де́тям до шестна́дцати» биле́т не продаю́т, сигаре́ты не отпуска́ют, ну, а насчёт вы́пивки ― по́лный ата́с!..
      Pómnju, v kinó «détjam do šestnádcati» bilét ne prodajút, sigaréty ne otpuskájut, nu, a nasčót výpivki ― pólnyj atás!..
      I remember: they wouldn't sell you a ticket to an R-rated movie, they wouldn't sell cigarettes, and as for getting alcohol, that was a complete nightmare!

Noun

ата́с (atásm inan (genitive ата́са, nominative plural ата́сы, genitive plural ата́сов)

  1. (criminal slang) lookout (a vantage point)
    Synonym: ата́нда (atánda)
    стоя́ть на ата́сеstojátʹ na atáseto be the lookout man (literally, “to stand on a lookout”)
    • 1981, А. И. Приставкин, Ночевала тучка золотая:
      А пото́м и друго́й, кото́рый на ата́се, реши́л то́же схвати́ть огуре́ц, а тут нас и схвати́ли…
      A potóm i drugój, kotóryj na atáse, rešíl tóže sxvatítʹ oguréc, a tut nas i sxvatíli…
      And then the other kid, the one on lookout, decided to also grab a cucumber, and then they grabbed us…

Declension

Udmurt

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Атас.

Etymology

Borrowed from a Turkic language, from Proto-Turkic . Compare Tatar әтәч (ätäç) and Bashkir әтәс (ətəs). Cognates include Erzya атякш (aťakš).

Pronunciation

Noun

атас (atas)

  1. cock
  2. rooster

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References

  • L. E. Kirillova, L. L. Karpova, editors (2008), “атас”, in Удмурт-ӟуч кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian dictionary], Izhevsk: Удмуртский институт истории, языка и литературы УрО РАН, →ISBN, page 51
  • T. V. Voronova, T. A. Poyarkova, editor (2012), Удмурт-ӟуч, ӟуч-удмурт кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian, Russian-Udmurt dictionary] (overall work in Russian), Izhevsk: Книжное издательство «Удмуртия», →ISBN, page 9
  • Yrjö Wichmann, Toivo Emil Uotila (1987) Mikko Korhonen, editor, Wotjakischer Wortschatz [Votyak Vocabulary] (Lexica Societatis Fenno-Ugricae; Volume 21) (overall work in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 10

Yakut

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *adaĺ (friend, companion). Compare Turkish adaş (namesake; friend (dialectal)).

Noun

атас (atas)

  1. friend

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