натяк

Ukrainian

Etymology

Deverbal from натяка́ти (natjakáty).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnatʲɐk]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

на́тяк • (nátjak) m inan (genitive на́тяку, nominative plural на́тяки, genitive plural на́тяків)

1. hint, allusion, inkling, intimation, nod, reference, suggestion (implicit suggestion that avoids a direct statement)

   Synonym: (stylistic) алю́зія f (aljúzija)

   завуальо́ваний на́тяк ― zavualʹóvanyj nátjak ― veiled allusion

2. hint (clue)
3. hint (small, barely detectable amount)

Declension

Declension of на́тяк (inan velar masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	на́тяк nátjak	на́тяки nátjaky
genitive	на́тяку nátjaku	на́тяків nátjakiv
dative	на́тякові, на́тяку nátjakovi, nátjaku	на́тякам nátjakam
accusative	на́тяк nátjak	на́тяки nátjaky
instrumental	на́тяком nátjakom	на́тяками nátjakamy
locative	на́тяку nátjaku	на́тяках nátjakax
vocative	на́тяку nátjaku	на́тяки nátjaky

Related terms

• натяка́ти impf (natjakáty), натякну́ти pf (natjaknúty)

See also

• інсинуа́ція f (insynuácija)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “натяк”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2019), “натяк”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 10 (на́ступ – о́бміль), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “натяк”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “натяк”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “натяк”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “натяк”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “натяк”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)