Old Church Slavonic edit

Noun edit

вратарь (vratarĭm

  1. doorman, gatekeeper

Declension edit

Russian edit

 
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вратарь

Etymology edit

From врата́ (vratá, gate) +‎ -а́рь (-árʹ), calque of German Torwart (goalkeeper, literally gate guardian). Compare Belarusian варата́р (varatár), Serbo-Croatian vràtār / вра̀та̄р, etc.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [vrɐˈtarʲ]
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Noun edit

врата́рь (vratárʹm anim (genitive вратаря́, nominative plural вратари́, genitive plural вратаре́й)

  1. goalkeeper
  2. goaltender

Declension edit

References edit

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