ватага

Russian

Etymology

From Old Chuvash *våtaɣ *uotaɣ, from Proto-Turkic *ōtag. The sense developed from “tent, family” to “group of people”. Compare Turkish otağ (“tent”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [vɐˈtaɡə]
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Noun

вата́га • (vatága) f inan (genitive вата́ги, nominative plural вата́ги, genitive plural вата́г)

  1. (slang) gang (big, noisy group of people)
    Synonyms: гурьба́ (gurʹbá), ко́дла (kódla)

Declension
Declension of вата́га (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative вата́га
vatága		 вата́ги
vatági
genitive вата́ги
vatági		 вата́г
vatág
dative вата́ге
vatáge		 вата́гам
vatágam
accusative вата́гу
vatágu		 вата́ги
vatági
instrumental вата́гой, вата́гою
vatágoj, vatágoju		 вата́гами
vatágami
prepositional вата́ге
vatáge		 вата́гах
vatágax

Descendants
  • → Kumyk: батагъа (batağa)
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