врата

Bulgarian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *vorta

Old Church Slavonic врата (vrata)

Bulgarian врата

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic врата (vrata), from Proto-Slavic *vorta Reanalysed as a feminine singular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vrɐˈta]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ta
• Homophone: Врата (Vrata)
• Syllabification^(key): вра‧та

Noun

врата́ • (vratá) f (diminutive врати́чка)

1. door, gate, gates

   Synonym: порта (porta)д

2. (sports) goal (the physical area bordered by a vertical frame on the narrow side of a playing field, where the opposing team aims to score a goal)

Declension

Declension of врата́

	singular	plural
indefinite	врата́ vratá	врати́, врата́1 vratí, vratá1
definite	врата́та vratáta	врати́те, врата́та1 vratíte, vratáta1

¹Archaic.

Derived terms

• вратар (vratar, “gate-keeper”)
• вратник (vratnik), вратня (vratnja, “wide gate”)
• вратица (vratica, “small door”) (diminutive)
  • ⇒ Враца (Vraca, “Vratsa”) (from the older form Вратца, literally 'little doors')

Related terms

• въртя (vǎrtja, “to rotate, to spin”)
• вратя (vratja), връщам (vrǎštam, “to return”)
• врат (vrat, “turn; neck”)
• врът (vrǎt, “turn; vegetable garden”)
• време (vreme, “time”)

References

• “врата”, in БЕРОН (Български езикови ресурси онлайн) [BERON (Bulgarian Language Resources Online)] (in Bulgarian), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2024
• “врата”, in Infolex Bulgarian Dictionary (in Bulgarian), Institute for Bulgarian Language, 2014
• “врата”, in ЛексИт [LexIt] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “врата”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “врата”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “врата”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 182
• Nayden Gerov (1895), “вра́та”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 153
• “врата”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2026

Anagrams

• ватра (vatra)

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vorta n pl, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvrata]

• Audio:

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Noun

врата • (vrata) f (plural врати, diminutive вратиче or вратичка)

1. door

Declension

Declension of врата

	singular	plural
indefinite	врата (vrata)	врати (vrati)
definite unspecified	вратата (vratata)	вратите (vratite)
definite proximal	вратава (vratava)	вративе (vrative)
definite distal	вратана (vratana)	вратине (vratine)
vocative	врато (vrato)	врати (vrati)
collective	враќе (vraḱe)	—

References

• Koneski, Kiril (1999), “врата”, in Правописен речник на македонскиот литературен јазик (Pravopisen rečnik na makedonskiot literaturen jazik) [Orthographic Dictionary of the Macedonian literary language] (in Macedonian), "Prosvetno delo", page 52

Old Church Slavonic

врата

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vorta.

Noun

врата • (vrata) n pl

1. gate, door

   Synonyms: двьрь (dvĭrĭ), двьри (dvĭri)

   • from Slavonic Josephus, книга 1, 346г:

     затвориша врата градоу

     zatvoriša vrata gradu

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of врата (o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	— —	— —	врата vrata
genitive	— —	— —	вратъ vratŭ
dative	— —	— —	вратомъ vratomŭ
accusative	— —	— —	врата vrata
instrumental	— —	— —	вратꙑ vraty
locative	— —	— —	вратѣхъ vratěxŭ
vocative	— —	— —	врата vrata

Derived terms

• вратьникъ (vratĭnikŭ)

Related terms

• вратити (vratiti)

Descendants

• → Russian: врата́ (vratá)

Further reading

• “врата”, in GORAZD [Old Church Slavonic Digital Hub], http://gorazd.org, 2016—2026
• Janyšková, Ilona, editor (2016), “vrata”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského [Etymological Dictionary of the Old Church Slavonic Language] (in Czech), numbers 18 (větъ – zakonъ), Brno: Tribun EU, →ISBN, page 1082

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic врата (vrata), from Proto-Slavic *vorta. Doublet of воро́та (voróta), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vrɐˈta]

Noun

врата́ • (vratá) n inan pl (genitive врат, plural only)

1. (archaic or poetic) gate, gates

   Synonym: воро́та n pl (voróta)

Declension

Declension of врата́ (inan pl-only neut-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	plural
nominative	врата́ vratá
genitive	вра́т vrát
dative	врата́м vratám
accusative	врата́ vratá
instrumental	врата́ми vratámi
prepositional	врата́х vratáx

Pre-reform declension of врата́ (inan pl-only neut-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	plural
nominative	врата́ vratá
genitive	вра́тъ vrát
dative	врата́мъ vratám
accusative	врата́ vratá
instrumental	врата́ми vratámi
prepositional	врата́хъ vratáx

Derived terms

• врата́рь (vratárʹ)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vorta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋrǎːta/
• Hyphenation: вра‧та

Noun

вра́та n pl (Latin spelling vráta)

1. door

Declension

Declension of врата

	plural
nominative	врата
genitive	врата
dative	вратима
accusative	врата
vocative	врата
locative	вратима
instrumental	вратима

Derived terms

• вра̀та̄р

Further reading

• “врата”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Anagrams

• ватра