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Russian
Etymology
за- (za-) + дать (datʹ) + -ок (-ok)
Pronunciation
Noun
зада́ток • (zadátok) m inan (genitive зада́тка, nominative plural зада́тки, genitive plural зада́тков)
- deposit
- advance payment
- earnest (money)
- key money
- handsel
- (usually in the plural) beginning
- Synonyms: зача́ток (začátok), нача́ло (načálo)
1895, Антон Чехов , “XX”, in Остров Сахалин; English translation from Sakhalin Island, (Please provide a date or year):Тепе́рь уже́ бро́шенные и забы́тые, тогда́ э́ти посты́ игра́ли таку́ю же роль, как тепе́рь поселе́ния, и на них смотре́ли, как на зада́тки бу́дущей коло́нии.- Tepérʹ užé bróšennyje i zabýtyje, togdá éti postý igráli takúju že rolʹ, kak tepérʹ poselénija, i na nix smotréli, kak na zadátki búduščej kolónii.
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Declension