бавовна
Definitions
- 1.cotton (fiber harvested from a plant of the genus Gossypium; textile made from this)
- 2.humorousexplosions (of Russian war infrastructure)
Synonyms & related words
- баво́вник
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian баво́вна (bavóvna), баво́лна (bavólna), borrowed from Polish bawełna. Partial calque of German Baumwolle. Compare Belarusian баво́ўна (bavówna), Czech bavlna. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from Russian хло́пок (xlópok, “cotton”). Automated translation tools are prone to confusing Russian хлопо́к (xlopók, “crack, snap, pop”), a euphemism for an explosion, with хло́пок (xlópok, “cotton”). The sense was occasionally used before, but was popularized at the end of April 2022 when a mistranslation in a Telegram channel went viral on Ukrainian Twitter. Famous people, such as Serhii Sternenko, started actively using the term. This was because the word for "explosion" was censored or banned in Russia when referring to the drone strikes on Russian military positions in Ukraine.
Forms
- ба́волнаalternative • dialectal
- ба́волняalternative • dialectal
- бавольнаalternative • dialectal
- ба́вільнаalternative • dialectal
- ба́вільняalternative • dialectal
- ба́вонаalternative • dialectal
- ба́винаalternative • dialectal
- ба́внаalternative • dialectal
- ба́вунаalternative • dialectal
- бавелнаalternative • dialectal
- бавольalternative • dialectal
- баво́внаcanonical • feminine • inanimate
- bavóvnaromanization
- баво́вниgenitive
- баво́внянийadjective • relational
- бавовня́нийadjective • relational
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Genitive | баво́вни | — |
| Dative | баво́вні | — |
| Accusative | баво́вну | — |
| Instrumental | баво́вною | — |
| Locative | баво́вні | — |
| Vocative | баво́вно | — |
| Nominative | баво́вна | — |