отава

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”).

• ота́ва: IPA^(key): [oˈtavə]
• о́тава: IPA^(key): [ˈɔtəvə]

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)

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

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

• отава in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
• Georgiev V. I., Duridanov I., editor (1995), “отава”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 953

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otava.

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈtavə]

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

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

• отавный (otavnyj)

From Proto-Slavic *otava.

о̀тава f

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

From Proto-Slavic *otava.

• IPA^(key): [ɔˈtaʋɐ]

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

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