vrata

See also: Vráťa and врата

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit व्रत (vratá). Related to the group word, verb, and verve, from the same Proto-Indo-European root, *werh₁- (“to speak, say”).

Noun

vrata (plural vratas)

1. (Hinduism, Jainism) A pious observance such as fasting and pilgrimage.

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech vrata, from Proto-Slavic *vorta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvrata]

Noun

vrata n pl

1. door, gate

Declension

Declension of vrata (pl-only hard neuter)

	plural
nominative	vrata
genitive	vrat
dative	vratům
accusative	vrata
vocative	vrata
locative	vratech
instrumental	vraty

Derived terms

• vrátka

 

Further reading

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

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vorta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈʋrata/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈvrata/

Noun

vrata n pl

1. door, gate

Declension

Declension of vrata (pl-only hard o-stem)

	plural
nominative	vrata
genitive	vrát
dative	vratóm
accusative	vrata
vocative	vrata
locative	vratiech
instrumental	vraty

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Related terms

• vrátcě
• vrátiti
• vrátka

 

Descendants

• Czech: vrata

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “vrata”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vorta. Probably the literal meaning is 'something that turns'. Compare vrat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋrǎːta/
• Hyphenation: vra‧ta

Noun

vráta n pl (Cyrillic spelling вра́та)

1. (plural only) door

Declension

Declension of vrata

	plural
nominative	vrata
genitive	vrata
dative	vratima
accusative	vrata
vocative	vrata
locative	vratima
instrumental	vratima

Derived terms

• vràtār

Noun

vrata (Cyrillic spelling врата)

1. genitive singular of vrat

Anagrams

• vatra

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vorta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋràːta/

Noun

vráta n pl

1. door

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Neuter, hard
nominative	vráta
genitive	vrát
	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	vráta
genitive (rodȋlnik)	—
dative (dajȃlnik)	—
accusative (tožȋlnik)	—
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	vrátih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	vráti

Further reading

• “vrata”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran