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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *otava, however, the exact origin is uncertain.
According to BER (following Vasmer, Trubachev), possibly a derivative of Bulgarian *товя (*tovja, “to add mass, to feed in order to make fat”) (causative of Old Church Slavonic тꙑти (tyti, “to fatten, to be fat”); cognate with Serbo-Croatian то̀вити (“to feed, to fatten”)).
According to Stefan Mladenov, possibly derived or influenced by Oghur *ot (“grass”), which however is dismissed by Vasmer and Georgiev.
Possibly akin to Lithuanian atólas (“aftergrass”), Latvian atãls (“aftergrass”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ота́ва or о́тава • (otáva or ótava) f
- (dialectal) aftergrass that grows up after mowing
- (dialectal) sludge, dirty water after washing
- Synonym: луга (luga)
Declension
Declension of ота́ва, о́тава
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singular
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ота́ва, о́тава
otáva, ótava
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ота́вата, о́тавата
otávata, ótavata
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Derived terms
- отавя (otavja, “to grow (for grass) after mowing”) (dialectal)
- тучен (tučen, “abundant”) (possibly)
References
- “отава”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “отава”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 953
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otava.
Pronunciation
Noun
ота́ва • (otáva) f inan (genitive ота́вы, nominative plural ота́вы, genitive plural ота́в, relational adjective ота́вный)
- aftergrass, aftermath, eddish, fog grass, regrowth
Declension
Derived terms
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “отава”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Further reading
- отава in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otava.
Pronunciation
Noun
о̀тава f
- aftergrass, aftermath; grass that comes up after mowing
Further reading
- “отава”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Ukrainian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *otava.
Pronunciation
Noun
ота́ва • (otáva) f inan (genitive ота́ви, uncountable)
- aftergrass, aftermath; grass that comes up after mowing
Declension
Declension of ота́ва (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)