вар'ят

Belarusian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish wariat, from Latin variātus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vaˈrjat]

Noun

вар'я́т • (varʺját) m pers (genitive вар'я́та, nominative plural вар'я́ты, genitive plural вар'я́таў, feminine вар'я́тка)

  1. an insane, mentally ill person
  2. a crazy person, madman, crackpot

Declension

Further reading

  • вар'ят” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Ukrainian

вар'я́т prevalence in Ukraine

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish wariat, from Latin variātus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʋɐˈrjat]

Noun

вар'я́т • (varʺját) m pers (genitive вар'я́та, nominative plural вар'я́ти, genitive plural вар'я́тів, feminine вар'я́тка, relational adjective вар'я́тський) (chiefly Western Ukraine)

  1. an insane, mentally ill person
  2. a crazy person, madman

Declension

Synonyms

  • божеві́лець (boževílecʹ)

Further reading

  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “варія́т”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 332
  • Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “вар'я́т”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (в – відсрібли́тися), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
  • вар'ят”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
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