отвага

Russian

Etymology

Possibly from Polish odwaga, from Middle High German wāge, from Old High German wāga. Cognate with Ukrainian відва́га (vidváha), Belarusian адва́га (adváha).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐtˈvaɡə]
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Noun

отва́га • (otvága) f inan (genitive отва́ги, nominative plural отва́ги, genitive plural отва́г)

  1. bravery, valour, courage

Declension

References

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