See also: водка

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Various bottles of vodka

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, water). Historical documentary research of V. Pokhlyobkin suggests the derivation via the usage "dilution (of distillate) with water", as used in expressions "vodka of grain wine" and similar; хле́бное вино́ (xlébnoje vinó, grain wine) is an archaic Russian name for vodka.

Cognates include Sanskrit उदक (udaka), Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr)English hydro-, English whisky and English water.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɒdkə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈvɑdkə/
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Noun edit

vodka (countable and uncountable, plural vodkas)

  1. A clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash.
    • 1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 20, in Friday's Business[2]:
      Eurydice pointed to the cupboard, and sat down on the low divan with folded hands, and looked at the floor. She was quite white. Elsa made her drink a glass of vodka.
  2. A serving of the above beverage.
    • 1986, Marc Polonsky, Russell Taylor, USSR, From an Original Idea by Karl Marx, Faber and Faber, →ISBN:
      You should mutter sullenly into your glass, cursing the serving woman (Witch! Hag! Poison!) or the vodka (Poison! Bitch!), as the one pours you another glass of the other.
  3. (US standards of identity) Neutral spirits distilled (or treated after distillation) so as to have no distinctive character, aroma, taste, or color.
  4. (countable, military slang, ethnic slur) A Russian.[1]
  5. (uncountable, military slang) Russian language.[1]

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Cebuano: bodka
  • Welsh: fodca

Translations edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lighter, Jonathan (1972), “The Slang of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, 1917-1919: An Historical Glossary”, in American Speech[1], volume 47, issue 1/2, page 114

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Cornish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [ˈvɔdka]
  • (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [ˈvɔdkɐ]

Noun edit

vodka f (plural vodkas)

  1. vodka

References edit

  • Cornish-English Dictionary from Maga's Online Dictionary
  • Akademi Kernewek Gerlyver Kernewek (FSS) Cornish Dictionary (SWF), 2018, published 2018, page 190
  • vodka in the Alternative Cornish Dictionary

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian во́дка (vódka). By surface analysis, voda +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈvotka]
  • Rhymes: -otka
  • Hyphenation: vod‧ka

Noun edit

vodka f (related adjective vodkový)

  1. vodka

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • vodka in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • vodka in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • vodka in Internetová jazyková příručka

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Etymology edit

From Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, water).

Noun edit

vodka

  1. vodka

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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, water).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋodkɑ/, [ˈʋo̞dkɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -odkɑ
  • Syllabification(key): vod‧ka

Noun edit

vodka

  1. vodka

Declension edit

Inflection of vodka (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative vodka vodkat
genitive vodkan vodkien
partitive vodkaa vodkia
illative vodkaan vodkiin
singular plural
nominative vodka vodkat
accusative nom. vodka vodkat
gen. vodkan
genitive vodkan vodkien
vodkainrare
partitive vodkaa vodkia
inessive vodkassa vodkissa
elative vodkasta vodkista
illative vodkaan vodkiin
adessive vodkalla vodkilla
ablative vodkalta vodkilta
allative vodkalle vodkille
essive vodkana vodkina
translative vodkaksi vodkiksi
abessive vodkatta vodkitta
instructive vodkin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of vodka (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative vodkani vodkani
accusative nom. vodkani vodkani
gen. vodkani
genitive vodkani vodkieni
vodkainirare
partitive vodkaani vodkiani
inessive vodkassani vodkissani
elative vodkastani vodkistani
illative vodkaani vodkiini
adessive vodkallani vodkillani
ablative vodkaltani vodkiltani
allative vodkalleni vodkilleni
essive vodkanani vodkinani
translative vodkakseni vodkikseni
abessive vodkattani vodkittani
instructive
comitative vodkineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative vodkasi vodkasi
accusative nom. vodkasi vodkasi
gen. vodkasi
genitive vodkasi vodkiesi
vodkaisirare
partitive vodkaasi vodkiasi
inessive vodkassasi vodkissasi
elative vodkastasi vodkistasi
illative vodkaasi vodkiisi
adessive vodkallasi vodkillasi
ablative vodkaltasi vodkiltasi
allative vodkallesi vodkillesi
essive vodkanasi vodkinasi
translative vodkaksesi vodkiksesi
abessive vodkattasi vodkittasi
instructive
comitative vodkinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative vodkamme vodkamme
accusative nom. vodkamme vodkamme
gen. vodkamme
genitive vodkamme vodkiemme
vodkaimmerare
partitive vodkaamme vodkiamme
inessive vodkassamme vodkissamme
elative vodkastamme vodkistamme
illative vodkaamme vodkiimme
adessive vodkallamme vodkillamme
ablative vodkaltamme vodkiltamme
allative vodkallemme vodkillemme
essive vodkanamme vodkinamme
translative vodkaksemme vodkiksemme
abessive vodkattamme vodkittamme
instructive
comitative vodkinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative vodkanne vodkanne
accusative nom. vodkanne vodkanne
gen. vodkanne
genitive vodkanne vodkienne
vodkainnerare
partitive vodkaanne vodkianne
inessive vodkassanne vodkissanne
elative vodkastanne vodkistanne
illative vodkaanne vodkiinne
adessive vodkallanne vodkillanne
ablative vodkaltanne vodkiltanne
allative vodkallenne vodkillenne
essive vodkananne vodkinanne
translative vodkaksenne vodkiksenne
abessive vodkattanne vodkittanne
instructive
comitative vodkinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative vodkansa vodkansa
accusative nom. vodkansa vodkansa
gen. vodkansa
genitive vodkansa vodkiensa
vodkainsarare
partitive vodkaansa vodkiaan
vodkiansa
inessive vodkassaan
vodkassansa
vodkissaan
vodkissansa
elative vodkastaan
vodkastansa
vodkistaan
vodkistansa
illative vodkaansa vodkiinsa
adessive vodkallaan
vodkallansa
vodkillaan
vodkillansa
ablative vodkaltaan
vodkaltansa
vodkiltaan
vodkiltansa
allative vodkalleen
vodkallensa
vodkilleen
vodkillensa
essive vodkanaan
vodkanansa
vodkinaan
vodkinansa
translative vodkakseen
vodkaksensa
vodkikseen
vodkiksensa
abessive vodkattaan
vodkattansa
vodkittaan
vodkittansa
instructive
comitative vodkineen
vodkinensa

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, water).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

vodka f (plural vodkas)

  1. vodka

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Etymology edit

From Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, water).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈvotkɒ]
  • Hyphenation: vod‧ka
  • Rhymes: -kɒ

Noun edit

vodka (plural vodkák)

  1. vodka

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative vodka vodkák
accusative vodkát vodkákat
dative vodkának vodkáknak
instrumental vodkával vodkákkal
causal-final vodkáért vodkákért
translative vodkává vodkákká
terminative vodkáig vodkákig
essive-formal vodkaként vodkákként
essive-modal
inessive vodkában vodkákban
superessive vodkán vodkákon
adessive vodkánál vodkáknál
illative vodkába vodkákba
sublative vodkára vodkákra
allative vodkához vodkákhoz
elative vodkából vodkákból
delative vodkáról vodkákról
ablative vodkától vodkáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
vodkáé vodkáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
vodkáéi vodkákéi
Possessive forms of vodka
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. vodkám vodkáim
2nd person sing. vodkád vodkáid
3rd person sing. vodkája vodkái
1st person plural vodkánk vodkáink
2nd person plural vodkátok vodkáitok
3rd person plural vodkájuk vodkáik

Further reading edit

  • vodka in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Etymology edit

From Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, water).

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vodka n (genitive singular vodka, no plural)

  1. vodka

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vodka (first-person possessive vodkaku, second-person possessive vodkamu, third-person possessive vodkanya)

  1. vodka

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, water).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

vodka f (invariable)

  1. vodka

Norman edit

Etymology edit

From English vodka, from Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, water).

Noun edit

vodka m (plural vodkas)

  1. (Jersey) vodka

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Etymology edit

From Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, water).

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vodka m (definite singular vodkaen)

  1. vodka

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Etymology edit

From Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, water).

Noun edit

vodka m (definite singular vodkaen)

  1. vodka

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Etymology edit

From Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, water).

Pronunciation edit

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvɔd͡ʒ.kɐ/, /ˈvɔ.d͡ʒi.kɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvɔd͡ʒ.ka/
 

Noun edit

vodka f (plural vodkas)

  1. vodka

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vodъka, equivalent to voda (water) +‎ -ka (diminutive suffix).

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Noun edit

vodka f (genitive singular vodky, nominative plural vodky, genitive plural vodiek, declension pattern of žena)

  1. vodka

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Further reading edit

  • vodka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian во́дка (vódka, literally little water), a diminutive of вода́ (vodá, water).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbodka/ [ˈboð̞.ka]
  • Rhymes: -odka
  • Syllabification: vod‧ka

Noun edit

vodka m or f (plural vodkas)

  1. vodka

Usage notes edit

Vodka is usually treated as a masculine noun, but feminine noun usage is permitted per its etymology.

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vodka c

  1. vodka

Declension edit

Declension of vodka 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vodka vodkan vodkor vodkorna
Genitive vodkas vodkans vodkors vodkornas

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