вада

Inherited from Old Belarusian вода (voda), from Old East Slavic вода (voda), from Proto-Slavic *vodà.

• IPA^(key): [vaˈda]
• Rhymes: -a

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• Hyphenation: ва‧да

вада́ • (vadá) f inan (genitive вады́, nominative plural во́ды, genitive plural вод, relational adjective во́дны or вадзяны́, diminutive вадзі́чка or вадзі́ца)

1. water (a clear, colorless liquid that forms rivers, lakes, and seas and is a chemical compound of oxygen and hydrogen)
2. (in the plural) waters (water spaces, sections of rivers, lakes, seas, etc.)

• “вада”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “вада” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *daṭaᶰ.

вада • (vada)

1. to run
2. to flee

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vada.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvada]

вада • (vada) f (diminutive вадичка)

1. small irrigation channel
2. gutter

From Proto-Samoyedic *wåətå.

• IPA^(key): [wʌdʌ]
• Hyphenation: ва‧да

вада • (wada)

1. word
2. language

Declension of вада (wada) (regular)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	вада (wada)	вадахӑʼ (wadaxăh)	вадаˮ (wadaq)
genitive	вадаʼ (wadah)	вадахӑʼ (wadaxăh)	вадиˮ (wadyiq)
accusative	вадам (wadam°)	вадахӑʼ (wadaxăh)	вади (wadyi)
allative	вадан (wadan°)	вадахӑняʼ (wadaxănyah)	вадахӑˮ (wadaxăq)
locative	вадахӑна (wadaxăna)	вадахӑняна (wadaxănyana)	вадахӑˮна (wadaxăqna)
ablative	вадахӑд (wadaxăd°)	вадахӑняд (wadaxănyad°)	вадахӑт (wadaxăt°)
prolative	вадавна (wadawna)	вадахӑнямна (wadaxănyamna)	вадиˮмӑна (wadyiqmăna)

From Proto-Samoyedic *wətå. Cognate with Southern Selkup кода́ (kodá).

• IPA^(key): [wədə]
• Hyphenation: ва‧да

вӑдӑ • (wădă)

1. hook

• Pyrerka, A. P., Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, pages 121, 261, 310
• N. M. Tereschenko (2005) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 12
• Irina Nikolaeva (2014) A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, pages 19, 362

Inherited from Old Ruthenian вада (vada, “flaw, slander”), the sense "'flaw'" is probably a semantic loan from Old Polish wada, from Proto-Slavic *vada. By surface analysis, ва́дити (vádyty) +‎ -а (-a).

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋadɐ]

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ва́да • (váda) f inan (genitive ва́ди, nominative plural ва́ди, genitive plural вад)

1. blemish, flaw, imperfection, fault, demerit
2. defect, malfunction, flaw
3. harm, detriment

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “вада”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “вада”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “вада”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “вада”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “вада”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “вада”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “вада”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)