вата

Erzya

Etymology

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Noun

вата • (vata)

1. (obsolete) father-in-law (wife's father)

Declension

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References

• Heikki Paasonen, Kaino Heikkilä, Martti Kahla (1990-1996) “vata”, in H. Paasonens Mordwinisches Wörterbuch [Heikki Paasonen's Dialect Dictionary of the Mordvinian Languages]‎^[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvata]

• Audio:

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Noun

вата • (vata) f

1. cotton wool

Declension

Declension of вата

	singular
indefinite	вата (vata)
definite unspecified	ватата (vatata)
definite proximal	ватава (vatava)
definite distal	ватана (vatana)
vocative	вато (vato)

Nanai

Etymology

Akin to Even ота (ota).

Noun

вата (vata)

1. wave

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Watte or French ouate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvatə]

• Audio:

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Noun

ва́та • (váta) f inan (genitive ва́ты, nominative plural ва́ты, genitive plural ват, relational adjective ва́тный, diminutive ва́тка)

1. absorbent cotton, cotton wool, wadding, batting

   на ва́те ― na váte ― wadded, padded

   пальто́ на ва́те ― palʹtó na váte ― wadded coat

2. (cloth) drugstore cotton
3. glass wool
4. (slang, derogatory, collective, politics) Russian nationalists (compare ватник)

Declension

Declension of ва́та (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ва́та váta	ва́ты váty
genitive	ва́ты váty	ва́т vát
dative	ва́те váte	ва́там vátam
accusative	ва́ту vátu	ва́ты váty
instrumental	ва́той, ва́тою vátoj, vátoju	ва́тами vátami
prepositional	ва́те váte	ва́тах vátax

Derived terms

Compound words:

• стеклова́та f (steklováta)

Compounds:

• са́харная ва́та f (sáxarnaja váta)

Related terms

• вати́н (vatín)
• ва́тник (vátnik)
• вышива́та (vyšiváta)

Descendants

• → Kildin Sami: ва̄та (vāta)
• → Yakut: баата (baata)

See also

• бязь (bjazʹ)
• во́льта (vólʹta)
• сати́н (satín)
• си́тец (sítec)
• хлопок (xlopok)
• хлопчатобумажная ткань (xlopčatobumažnaja tkanʹ)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вата”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “вата”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Watte, from Dutch watten, from French ouate, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋâta/

Noun

ва̏та f (Latin spelling vȁta)

1. cotton wool

Declension

Declension of вата

	singular	plural
nominative	вата	вате
genitive	вате	вата
dative	вати	ватама
accusative	вату	вате
vocative	вато	вате
locative	вати	ватама
instrumental	ватом	ватама

Tundra Nenets

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *wə-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wətʌ]
• Hyphenation: вӑ‧та

Adjective

вата • (wata)

1. excess

References

• N. M. Tereschenko (2005) “вӑта”, in Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Watte or French ouate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋatɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

ва́та • (váta) f inan (genitive ва́ти, nominative plural ва́ти, genitive plural ват)

1. absorbent cotton, cotton wool, wadding

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	ва́та váta	ва́ти váty
genitive	ва́ти váty	ват vat
dative	ва́ті váti	ва́там vátam
accusative	ва́ту vátu	ва́ти váty
instrumental	ва́тою vátoju	ва́тами vátamy
locative	ва́ті váti	ва́тах vátax
vocative	ва́то váto	ва́ти váty

Related terms

• ва́тник (vátnyk)
• вишива́та (vyšyváta)

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “вата”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka