вата
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вата • (vata)
- (obsolete) father-in-law (wife's father)
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Macedonian edit
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вата • (vata) f
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Nanai edit
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вата (vata)
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Watte or French ouate.
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Noun edit
ва́та • (váta) f inan (genitive ва́ты, nominative plural ва́ты, genitive plural ват, relational adjective ва́тный, diminutive ва́тка)
- absorbent cotton, cotton wool, wadding, batting
- на ва́те ― na váte ― wadded, padded
- пальто́ на ва́те ― palʹtó na váte ― wadded coat
- (cloth) drugstore cotton
- glass wool
- (slang, derogatory, collective, politics) Russian nationalists (compare ватник)
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Related terms edit
- ватин (vatin)
- ва́тник (vátnik)
- вышива́та (vyšiváta)
- са́харная ва́та (sáxarnaja váta)
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- бязь (bjazʹ)
- во́льта (vólʹta)
- сати́н (satín)
- си́тец (sítec)
- хлопок (xlopok)
- хлопчатобумажная ткань (xlopčatobumažnaja tkanʹ)
References edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вата”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Watte, from Dutch watten, from French ouate, of unknown origin.
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ва̏та f (Latin spelling vȁta)
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Ukrainian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ва́та • (váta) f inan (genitive ва́ти, nominative plural ва́ти, genitive plural ват)
- absorbent cotton, cotton wool, wadding
Declension edit
Declension of ва́та (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
References edit
- 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