тарантас

Russian

тарантас (1)

Etymology

Uncertain. Vasmer discounts various proposed Mari, Tatar, and Sanskrit etymons as reversing the direction of borrowing or unbelievable. Perhaps cognate with тарата́йка (taratájka, “gig”). Not cognate with таранти́ть (tarantítʹ, “to chatter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tərɐnˈtas]

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Noun

таранта́с • (tarantás) m inan (genitive таранта́са, nominative plural таранта́сы, genitive plural таранта́сов)

1. tarantass (a low horse-drawn carriage without springs used in Russia)
2. (colloquial) clunker, rustbucket (an old, broken car or other vehicle)

Declension

Declension of таранта́с (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	таранта́с tarantás	таранта́сы tarantásy
genitive	таранта́са tarantása	таранта́сов tarantásov
dative	таранта́су tarantásu	таранта́сам tarantásam
accusative	таранта́с tarantás	таранта́сы tarantásy
instrumental	таранта́сом tarantásom	таранта́сами tarantásami
prepositional	таранта́се tarantáse	таранта́сах tarantásax

Further reading

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