отаман
Appearance
Ukrainian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Possibly from Crimean Tatar ata (“ancestor, father”) with the augmentative suffix -man.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ота́ман • (otáman) m pers (genitive ота́мана, nominative plural ота́мани, genitive plural ота́манів, feminine ота́манка)
- ataman, otaman (Cossack chieftain)
- (historical) a high military rank in Ukrainian armies of the XX century
- (dated) leader, head, chief
Declension
[edit]Declension of ота́ман (pers hard masc-form accent-a)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ота́ман otáman |
ота́мани otámany |
genitive | ота́мана otámana |
ота́манів otámaniv |
dative | ота́манові, ота́ману otámanovi, otámanu |
ота́манам otámanam |
accusative | ота́мана otámana |
ота́манів otámaniv |
instrumental | ота́маном otámanom |
ота́манами otámanamy |
locative | ота́манові, ота́мані otámanovi, otámani |
ота́манах otámanax |
vocative | ота́мане otámane |
ота́мани otámany |
Further reading
[edit]- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2020), “ота́ман”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 11 (обмін – оя́снювати), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “отаман”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
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