вата

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Noun

вата (vata)

  1. (obsolete) father-in-law (wife's father)

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References

  • Heikki Paasonen, Kaino Heikkilä, Martti Kahla (1990-1996) “vata”, in H. Paasonens Mordwinisches Wörterbuch [Heikki Paasonen's Dialect Dictionary of the Mordvinian Languages]‎, Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN

Macedonian

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Noun

вата (vataf

  1. cotton wool

Declension

Nanai

Etymology

Akin to Even ота (ota).

Noun

вата (vata)

  1. wave

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Watte or French ouate.

Pronunciation

Noun

ва́та (vátaf inan (genitive ва́ты, nominative plural ва́ты, genitive plural ват, relational adjective ва́тный, diminutive ва́тка)

  1. absorbent cotton, cotton wool, wadding, batting
    на ва́теna vátewadded, padded
    пальто́ на ва́теpalʹtó na vátewadded coat
  2. (cloth) drugstore cotton
  3. glass wool
  4. (slang, derogatory, collective, politics) Russian nationalists (compare ватник)

Declension

Descendants

  • Kildin Sami: ва̄та (vāta)
  • Yakut: баата (baata)

See also

References

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Watte, from Dutch watten, from French ouate, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

ва̏та f (Latin spelling vȁta)

  1. cotton wool

Declension

Tundra Nenets

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Adjective

вата (wata)

  1. excess

References

  • N. M. Tereschenko (2005) “вӑта”, in Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Watte or French ouate.

Pronunciation

Noun

ва́та (vátaf inan (genitive ва́ти, nominative plural ва́ти, genitive plural ват)

  1. absorbent cotton, cotton wool, wadding

Declension

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