voda

See also: woda, Voda, vóda, and vöda

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *voda, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wondōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /voda/

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• Rhymes: -oda

Noun

voda f

1. water

Declension

Declension of voda

	singular	plural
nominative	voda	vody
genitive	vody	vod
dative	vodě	vodám
accusative	vodu	vody
vocative	vodo	vody
locative	vodě	vodách
instrumental	vodou	vodami

Derived terms

Derived terms

• vodák
• voděnka
• vodička
• vodka
• vodní
• vodník

• vodné
• vodoměr
• vodohospodář
• vodovod
• vodojem
• vodstvo

Related terms

• povodí
• povodeň

Further reading

• voda in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• voda in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Finnish

Etymology

From Russian вода́ (vodá).

Noun

voda

1. (slang) water

Declension

Inflection of voda (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		voda	vodat
genitive		vodan	vodien
partitive		vodaa	vodia
illative		vodaan	vodiin
		singular	plural
nominative		voda	vodat
accusative	nom.	voda	vodat
	gen.	vodan
genitive		vodan	vodien vodainrare
partitive		vodaa	vodia
inessive		vodassa	vodissa
elative		vodasta	vodista
illative		vodaan	vodiin
adessive		vodalla	vodilla
ablative		vodalta	vodilta
allative		vodalle	vodille
essive		vodana	vodina
translative		vodaksi	vodiksi
instructive		—	vodin
abessive		vodatta	voditta
comitative		—	vodineen

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Molise Croatian

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian voda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vôdḁ/

Noun

voda f

1. water

Declension

    declension of voda

	singular	plural
nominative	voda	vode
genitive	vode	vodi, vod
dative	vodu	vodi, vodami
accusative	vodu	vode
locative	vodu	vode
instrumental	vodom	vodi, vodami

References

• Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013. Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010: Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones. Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication).

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *voda, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wondōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋǒda/
• Hyphenation: vo‧da

Noun

vòda f (Cyrillic spelling во̀да)

1. water (H₂O)

Declension

Declension of voda

	singular	plural
nominative	vòda	vȍde
genitive	vòde	vódā
dative	vodi	vodama
accusative	vodu	vode
vocative	vodo	vode
locative	vodi	vodama
instrumental	vodom	vodama

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *voda, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wondōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.

Noun

voda f (genitive singular vody, nominative plural vody, declension pattern of žena)

1. water

Declension

Declension of voda

	singular	plural
nominative	voda	vody
genitive	vody	vôd
dative	vode	vodám
accusative	vodu	vody
locative	vode	vodách
instrumental	vodou	vodami

Derived terms

• vodička f
• vodík m
• vodka f
• vodník m
• vodný -á -é
• vodopád m
• vodovod m

Further reading

• voda in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *voda, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wondōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.

Noun

vôda f (genitive vôde or vodé, nominative plural vôde or vodé)

1. water

Declension

Declension of vôda (feminine, a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	vôda	vôdi	vôde
accusative	vôdo	vôdi	vôde
genitive	vôde	vôd	vôd
dative	vôdi	vôdama	vôdam
locative	vôdi	vôdah	vôdah
instrumental	vôdo	vôdama	vôdami

Declension of vôda (feminine, a-stem, mobile accent)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	vôda	vodé	vodé
accusative	vodó	vodé	vodé
genitive	vodé	vodá	vodá
dative	vôdi	vodáma	vodàm
locative	vôdi	vodàh	vodàh
instrumental	vodó	vodáma	vodámi

Further reading

• “voda” in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU - portal Fran