отава

See also: Отава

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *otava, however, the exact origin is uncertain.

According to BER (following Vasmer, Trubachev), possibly a derivative of Bulgarian *товя (*tovja, “to add mass, to feed in order to make fat”) (causative of Old Church Slavonic тꙑти (tyti, “to fatten, to be fat”); cognate with Serbo-Croatian то̀вити (“to feed, to fatten”)). According to Stefan Mladenov, possibly derived or influenced by Oghur *ot (“grass”), which however is dismissed by Vasmer and Georgiev.

Possibly akin to Lithuanian atólas (“aftergrass”), Latvian atãls (“aftergrass”).

Pronunciation

• ота́ва: IPA^(key): [oˈtavɐ]
• о́тава: IPA^(key): [ˈɔtɐvɐ]

Noun

ота́ва or о́тава • (otáva or ótava) f

1. (dialectal) aftergrass that grows up after mowing
2. (dialectal) sludge, dirty water after washing

   Synonym: луга (luga)

Declension

	singular
indefinite	ота́ва, о́тава otáva, ótava
definite	ота́вата, о́тавата otávata, ótavata

Declension of ота́ва, о́тава

Derived terms

• отавя (otavja, “to grow (for grass) after mowing”) (dialectal)

Related terms

• тучен (tučen, “abundant”) (possibly)

References

• “отава”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “отава”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 953

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈtavə]

Noun

ота́ва • (otáva) f inan (genitive ота́вы, nominative plural ота́вы, genitive plural ота́в, relational adjective ота́вный)

1. aftergrass, aftermath, eddish, fog grass, regrowth

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	ота́ва otáva	ота́вы otávy
genitive	ота́вы otávy	ота́в otáv
dative	ота́ве otáve	ота́вам otávam
accusative	ота́ву otávu	ота́вы otávy
instrumental	ота́вой, ота́вою otávoj, otávoju	ота́вами otávami
prepositional	ота́ве otáve	ота́вах otávax

Declension of ота́ва (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ота́ва otáva	ота́вы otávy
genitive	ота́вы otávy	ота́въ otáv
dative	ота́вѣ otávě	ота́вамъ otávam
accusative	ота́ву otávu	ота́вы otávy
instrumental	ота́вой, ота́вою otávoj, otávoju	ота́вами otávami
prepositional	ота́вѣ otávě	ота́вахъ otávax

Pre-reform declension of ота́ва (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

Derived terms

• ота́вный (otávnyj)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “отава”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Further reading

• отава in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǒtaʋa/

Noun

о̀тава f

1. aftergrass, aftermath; grass that comes up after mowing

Further reading

• “отава”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *otava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɔˈtaʋɐ]

• Audio:

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Noun

ота́ва • (otáva) f inan (genitive ота́ви, uncountable)

1. aftergrass, aftermath; grass that comes up after mowing

Declension

	singular
nominative	ота́ва otáva
genitive	ота́ви otávy
dative	ота́ві otávi
accusative	ота́ву otávu
instrumental	ота́вою otávoju
locative	ота́ві otávi
vocative	ота́во otávo

Declension of ота́ва (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)