отаман

Ukrainian

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Crimean Tatar ata (“ancestor, father”) with the augmentative suffix -man.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɔˈtamɐn]
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Noun

ота́ман • (otáman) m pers (genitive ота́мана, nominative plural ота́мани, genitive plural ота́манів, feminine ота́манка)

  1. ataman, otaman (Cossack chieftain)
  2. (historical) a high military rank in Ukrainian armies of the XX century
  3. (dated) leader, head, chief

Declension
Declension of ота́ман (pers hard masc-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative ота́ман
otáman		 ота́мани
otámany
genitive ота́мана
otámana		 ота́манів
otámaniv
dative ота́манові, ота́ману
otámanovi, otámanu		 ота́манам
otámanam
accusative ота́мана
otámana		 ота́манів
otámaniv
instrumental ота́маном
otámanom		 ота́манами
otámanamy
locative ота́манові, ота́мані
otámanovi, otámani		 ота́манах
otámanax
vocative ота́мане
otámane		 ота́мани
otámany

Further reading
  • Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2020), “ота́ман”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 11 (обмін – оя́снювати), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “отаман”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
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