водка
/[ˈvotkə]/
Russiannoun
Definitions
- 1.vodka
палёная во́дка
paljónaja vódka — unlicensed vodka
- 2.datedflavored liquor, liqueur
ани́совая во́дка
anísovaja vódka — anisette
можжеве́ловая во́дка
možževélovaja vódka — gin (liquor)
я́блочная во́дка
jábločnaja vódka — applejack
- 3.obsoletetincture (a solution of some substance in alcohol for use in medicine or cosmetics)
- 4.archaicaqua, acid
ца́рская во́дка
cárskaja vódka — aqua regia
Synonyms & related words
Word family
- ликёро-во́дочный
Related words (1)
- хле́бное вино́
Etymology
From вода́ (vodá, “water”) + -ка (-ka, diminutive suffix). First attested in 1533, at first only in medical context; the beverage sense appeared in the 17th century and became widespread in the 19th, displacing хле́бное вино́ (xlébnoje vinó, literally “grain wine”) by the early 20th century. The beverage sense is probably a semantic loan from Polish wódka, which, per Brückner, in turn may be a semantic loan from Medieval Latin aqua vitae.
Forms
- во́дкаcanonical • feminine • inanimate
- vódkaromanization
- во́дкиgenitive
- во́дочныйadjective • relational
- во́донькаdiminutive
- во́дочкаdiminutive
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | во́дка | во́дки |
| Genitive | во́дки | во́док, во́докъ (archaic) |
| Dative | во́дке, во́дкѣ | во́дкам, во́дкамъ (archaic) |
| Accusative | во́дку | во́дки |
| Instrumental | во́дкой, во́дкою | во́дками |
| Prepositional | во́дке, во́дкѣ | во́дках, во́дкахъ (archaic) |
Nominative
Singular
во́дка
Plural
во́дки
Genitive
Singular
во́дки
Plural
во́док, во́докъ (archaic)
Dative
Singular
во́дке, во́дкѣ
Plural
во́дкам, во́дкамъ (archaic)
Accusative
Singular
во́дку
Plural
во́дки
Instrumental
Singular
во́дкой, во́дкою
Plural
во́дками
Prepositional
Singular
во́дке, во́дкѣ
Plural
во́дках, во́дкахъ (archaic)