Вятка
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Russian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Вя́тка • (Vjátka) f inan (genitive Вя́тки, relational adjective вя́тский)
- Vyatka (former name of Kirov, a city in Russia)
- Vyatka (river in Kirov Oblast and Tatarstan, Russia, passing through the city of Kirov (formerly Vyatka))
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- вятча́нин (vjatčánin), вятича́нин (vjatičánin), вя́тич (vjátič)
- вятча́нка (vjatčánka), вятича́нка (vjatičánka), вя́тка (vjátka)