ватах

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic ватахъ (vataxŭ, “chief, commander”). Probably of Oghur origin, related to dialectal Bulgarian ватог (vatog, “hearth”).

Alternatively, according to Vl. Georgiev (BER): a Thracian borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɐˈtax]

• Audio:

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Noun

вата́х • (vatáh) m (relational adjective вата́хов or вата́шки)

1. (dialectal) chief master at pottery furnace

Declension

Declension of вата́х

	singular	plural
indefinite	вата́х vatáh	вата́си vatási
definite (subject form)	вата́хът vatáhǎt	вата́сите vatásite
definite (object form)	вата́ха vatáha
vocative form	вата́хо vatáho	вата́си vatási

Alternative forms

• ватафин (vatafin)

Related terms

• ватог (vatog, “hearth”) (probably)
• вигня́ (vignjá, “pottery furnace”)

References

• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1908) “вата́хъ”, in Допълнение на българския рѣчникъ [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[2] (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Plovdiv: Печатница "Трудъ" на Петко Бѣловѣждовъ, page 46

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvatəx]

Noun

ва́тах • (vátax) f inan pl

1. prepositional plural of ва́та (váta)