отава
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *otava, however, the exact origin is uncertain.
According to BER (following Vasmer, Trubachev), possibly a derivative of Bulgarian *товя (*tovja, “to add mass, to feed in order to make fat”) (causative of Old Church Slavonic тꙑти (tyti, “to fatten, to be fat”); cognate with Serbo-Croatian то̀вити (“to feed, to fatten”)). According to Stefan Mladenov, possibly derived or influenced by Oghur *ot (“grass”), which however is dismissed by Vasmer and Georgiev.
Possibly akin to Lithuanian atólas (“aftergrass”), Latvian atãls (“aftergrass”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ота́ва or о́тава • (otáva or ótava) f
- (dialectal) aftergrass that grows up after mowing
- (dialectal) sludge, dirty water after washing
- Synonym: луга (luga)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- отавя (otavja, “to grow (for grass) after mowing”) (dialectal)
Related terms edit
- тучен (tučen, “abundant”) (possibly)
References edit
- “отава”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “отава”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 953
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otava.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ота́ва • (otáva) f inan (genitive ота́вы, nominative plural ота́вы, genitive plural ота́в)
- aftergrass, aftermath, eddish, fog grass, regrowth
Declension edit
Related terms edit
- отавный (otavnyj)
Further reading edit
- отава in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otava.
Noun edit
о̀тава f
- aftergrass, aftermath; grass that comes up after mowing
Further reading edit
- “отава” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Ukrainian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *otava.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ота́ва • (otáva) f inan (genitive ота́ви, uncountable)
- aftergrass, aftermath; grass that comes up after mowing