ворота

See also: воротя

Russian

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Slavic *vorta. Doublet of врата́ (vratá), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɐˈrotə]

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Noun

воро́та • (voróta) n inan pl (genitive воро́т, plural only)

1. gate
2. goal (in many sports, e.g. soccer, an area into which the players attempt to put an object)

   пробива́ть ми́мо воро́т ― probivátʹ mímo vorót ― to shoot past the goal; to shoot wide

Declension

Declension of воро́та (inan pl-only neut-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	plural
nominative	воро́та voróta
genitive	воро́т vorót
dative	воро́там vorótam
accusative	воро́та voróta
instrumental	воро́тами vorótami
prepositional	воро́тах vorótax

Pre-reform declension of воро́та (inan pl-only neut-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	plural
nominative	воро́та voróta
genitive	воро́тъ vorót
dative	воро́тамъ vorótam
accusative	воро́та voróta
instrumental	воро́тами vorótami
prepositional	воро́тахъ vorótax

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvorətə]

Noun

(deprecated template usage) во́рота • (vórota) m inan

1. genitive singular of во́рот (vórot)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ворота”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress