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Belarusian
Pronunciation
Noun
зато́ка • (zatóka) f inan (genitive зато́кі, nominative plural зато́кі, genitive plural зато́к)
- bay (body of water, especially of the sea, partly surrounded by land)
- gulf (portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land)
Declension
Declension of зато́ка (inan velar fem-form accent-a)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “затока” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Ukrainian
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from Polish zatoka.
Pronunciation
Noun
зато́ка • (zatóka) f inan (genitive зато́ки, nominative plural зато́ки, genitive plural зато́к)
- bay (body of water, especially of the sea, partly surrounded by land)
- gulf (portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land)
- Оде́ська зато́ка ― Odésʹka zatóka ― Gulf of Odessa
Declension
Declension of зато́ка (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “затока”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2014), “затока”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (з – зв'я́нути), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “затока”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “затока”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)