Вятка

Russian

Etymology

Per Vasmer, presumably related to the ethnonym Vyada found on the upper Vyatka River and possibly the original name of the river, which may go back to Finnish vento (“slow, calm, deep”), used as a hydronym.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈvʲatkə]

Proper noun

Вя́тка • (Vjátka) f inan (genitive Вя́тки, related adjective вя́тский)

  1. Vyatka (former name of Kirov, a city in Russia)
  2. Vyatka (river in Kirov Oblast and Tatarstan, Russia, passing through the city of Kirov (formerly Vyatka))

Declension
Declension of Вя́тка (inan sg-only fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 
singular
nominative Вя́тка
Vjátka
genitive Вя́тки
Vjátki
dative Вя́тке
Vjátke
accusative Вя́тку
Vjátku
instrumental Вя́ткой, Вя́ткою
Vjátkoj, Vjátkoju
prepositional Вя́тке
Vjátke

Derived terms
  • вятча́нин (vjatčánin), вятича́нин (vjatičánin), вя́тич (vjátič)
  • вятча́нка (vjatčánka), вятича́нка (vjatičánka), вя́тка (vjátka)
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