вада

Inherited from Old Belarusian вода (voda), from Old East Slavic вода (voda), from Proto-Slavic *voda, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wandō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.

• IPA^(key): [vaˈda]

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вада́ • (vadá) f inan (genitive вады́, nominative plural во́ды, genitive plural вод, relational adjective во́дны or вадзяны́, diminutive вадзі́чка or вадзі́ца)

1. water

• вадаспа́д (vadaspád)

• “вада” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *daṭaᶰ.

вада • (vada)

1. to run
2. to flee

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vada.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvada]

вада • (vada) f (diminutive вадичка)

1. small irrigation channel
2. gutter

From Proto-Samoyedic *wåətå.

• IPA^(key): [wʌdʌ]
• Hyphenation: ва‧да

вада • (wada)

1. word
2. language

From Proto-Samoyedic *wətå. Cognate with Southern Selkup кода́.

• IPA^(key): [wədə]
• Hyphenation: ва‧да

вӑдӑ • (wădă)

1. hook

• Pyrerka, A. P., Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, pages 121, 261, 310
• N. M. Tereschenko (2005) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 12
• Irina Nikolaeva (2014) A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, pages 19, 362

Inherited from Old Ruthenian вада (vada, “flaw, slander”), the sense "'flaw'" is probably a semantic loan from Old Polish wada, from Proto-Slavic *vada. By surface analysis, ва́дити (vádyty) +‎ -а (-a).

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋadɐ]

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ва́да • (váda) f inan (genitive ва́ди, nominative plural ва́ди, genitive plural вад)

1. blemish, flaw, imperfection, fault, demerit
2. defect, malfunction, flaw
3. harm, detriment

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “вада”, 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), “вада”, 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
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “вада”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “вада”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “вада”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “вада”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “вада”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)