ватага

Russian

Etymology

From Old Chuvash *våtaɣ *uotaɣ, from Proto-Turkic *ōtag. The sense developed from “tent, family” to “group of people”. Compare Turkish otağ (“tent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɐˈtaɡə]

• Audio:

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Noun

вата́га • (vatága) f inan (genitive вата́ги, nominative plural вата́ги, genitive plural вата́г)

1. (slang) gang (big, noisy group of people)

   Synonyms: гурьба́ (gurʹbá), ко́дла (kódla)

Declension

Declension of вата́га (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	вата́га vatága	вата́ги vatági
genitive	вата́ги vatági	вата́г vatág
dative	вата́ге vatáge	вата́гам vatágam
accusative	вата́гу vatágu	вата́ги vatági
instrumental	вата́гой, вата́гою vatágoj, vatágoju	вата́гами vatágami
prepositional	вата́ге vatáge	вата́гах vatágax

Descendants

• → Kumyk: батагъа (batağa)

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old Chuvash *våtaɣ *uotaɣ, from Proto-Turkic *ōtag. The sense developed from “tent, family” to “group of people”. Compare Turkish otağ (“tent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʋɐˈtaɦɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

вата́га • (vatáha) f inan (genitive вата́ги, nominative plural вата́ги, genitive plural вата́г, diminutive ватажо́к)

1. (slang) gang (big, noisy group of people)

Declension

Declension of вата́га (inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	вата́га vatáha	вата́ги vatáhy
genitive	вата́ги vatáhy	вата́г vatáh
dative	вата́зі vatázi	вата́гам vatáham
accusative	вата́гу vatáhu	вата́ги vatáhy
instrumental	вата́гою vatáhoju	вата́гами vatáhamy
locative	вата́зі vatázi	вата́гах vatáhax
vocative	вата́го vatáho	вата́ги vatáhy

References

• “ватага”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)