нафта

Belarusian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian на́фта (náfta), from Latin naphtha, from Ancient Greek νάφθα (náphtha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnafta]
• Rhymes: -afta

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: наф‧та

Noun

на́фта • (náfta) f inan (genitive на́фты, uncountable, relational adjective на́фтавы)

1. oil, petroleum (naturally occurring liquid petroleum)

   Венесуэла - краіна з самымі вялікімі запасамі нафты ў свеце. ― Vjenjesuela - kraina z samymi vjalikimi zapasami nafty ŭ svjecje. ― Venezuela is the country with the largest oil reserves in the world.

Declension

Declension of на́фта (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	на́фта náfta
genitive	на́фты náfty
dative	на́фце náfcje
accusative	на́фту náftu
instrumental	на́фтай, на́фтаю náftaj, náftaju
locative	на́фце náfcje

References

• “нафта”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “нафта” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnafta]

• Audio:

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Noun

нафта • (nafta) f (relational adjective нафтен)

1. oil, petroleum

Declension

Declension of нафта

	singular	plural
indefinite	нафта	нафти
definite unspecified	нафтата	нафтите
definite proximal	нафтава	нафтиве
definite distal	нафтана	нафтине
vocative	нафто	нафти

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnaftə]

Noun

на́фта • (náfta) f inan (genitive на́фты, nominative plural на́фты, genitive plural нафт)

1. (dated) petroleum, oil, naphtha (naturally-occurring liquid petroleum)
2. naphtha (petroleum distillate)

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	на́фта náfta	на́фты náfty
genitive	на́фты náfty	на́фт náft
dative	на́фте náfte	на́фтам náftam
accusative	на́фту náftu	на́фты náfty
instrumental	на́фтой, на́фтою náftoj, náftoju	на́фтами náftami
prepositional	на́фте náfte	на́фтах náftax

Synonyms

• нефть (neftʹ) (naturally-occurring liquid petroleum)
• лигрои́н (ligroín) (petroleum distillate)

Descendants

• → Estonian: nafta
• → Finnish: nafta

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin naphtha, from Ancient Greek νάφθα (náphtha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nâfta/
• Hyphenation: наф‧та

Noun

на̏фта f (Latin spelling nȁfta)

1. (uncountable) oil, petroleum, naphtha

Declension

Declension of нафта

	singular
nominative	нафта
genitive	нафте
dative	нафти
accusative	нафту
vocative	нафто
locative	нафти
instrumental	нафтом

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian на́фта (náfta) and Polish nafta, from Latin naphtha, from Ancient Greek νάφθα (náphtha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnaftɐ]

• Audio:

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Noun

на́фта • (náfta) f inan (genitive на́фти, nominative plural на́фти, genitive plural нафт, relational adjective на́фтовий or нафто́вий)

1. petroleum, oil (naturally occurring liquid petroleum)

   сира́ на́фта ― syrá náfta ― crude oil, crude

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	на́фта náfta	на́фти náfty
genitive	на́фти náfty	нафт naft
dative	на́фті náfti	на́фтам náftam
accusative	на́фту náftu	на́фти náfty
instrumental	на́фтою náftoju	на́фтами náftamy
locative	на́фті náfti	на́фтах náftax
vocative	на́фто náfto	на́фти náfty

Derived terms

• нафтовидобува́ння n (naftovydobuvánnja)
• нафтови́добуток m (naftovýdobutok)
• нафтогі́н m (naftohín)
• нафтодобува́ння n (naftodobuvánnja)
• нафтопереро́бний (naftopereróbnyj)
• нафтопрові́д m (naftoprovíd)
• нафтопроду́кт m (naftoprodúkt)
• нафтопромисло́вість f (naftopromyslóvistʹ)

 

See also

• бензи́н m (benzýn)
• лігрої́н m (lihrojín)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “нафта”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “нафта”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “нафта”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “нафта”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “нафта”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)