Вятка

Russian

Etymology

Per Vasmer, presumably related to the ethnonym Vyada found on the upper Vyatka River and possibly the original name of the river, which may go back to Finnish vento (“slow, calm, deep”), used as a hydronym.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvʲatkə]

Proper noun

Вя́тка • (Vjátka) f inan (genitive Вя́тки, relational adjective вя́тский)

1. Vyatka (former name of Kirov, a city in Russia)
2. Vyatka (river in Kirov Oblast and Tatarstan, Russia, passing through the city of Kirov (formerly Vyatka))

Declension

Declension of Вя́тка (inan sg-only fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular
nominative	Вя́тка Vjátka
genitive	Вя́тки Vjátki
dative	Вя́тке Vjátke
accusative	Вя́тку Vjátku
instrumental	Вя́ткой, Вя́ткою Vjátkoj, Vjátkoju
prepositional	Вя́тке Vjátke

Derived terms

• вятча́нин (vjatčánin), вятича́нин (vjatičánin), вя́тич (vjátič)
• вятча́нка (vjatčánka), вятича́нка (vjatičánka), вя́тка (vjátka)