ватник
Russian
Etymology
From ва́та (váta, “cotton wool”) + -ник (-nik).
For sense 2, from the clothing worn by Soviet citizens, and an online satirical cartoon by the cartoonist Anton Chadsky about a sentient jacket simply known as "ва́тник". The term was popularised by netizens in VKontakte and LIVEJOURNAL, and the Russian opposition in general.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvatʲnʲɪk]
Noun
ватник (1)
ва́тник • (vátnik) m inan or m anim (genitive ва́тника, nominative plural ва́тники, genitive plural ва́тников, feminine ва́тница)
- (inanimate) quilted jacket, vatnik
- Synonyms: фуфа́йка (fufájka), телогре́йка (telogréjka)
- (animate, derogatory, neologism) vatnik, sovok, over-zealous extremely patriotic Russian person
- Synonyms: сово́к (sovók), портя́нка (portjánka)
Usage notes
- In sense (2), the term is commonly used by Russian liberals to label right-wingers and supporters of Vladimir Putin's policies. The term is often considered Russophobic by the latter.
Declension
Declension of ва́тник (bian masc-form velar-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ва́тник vátnik | ва́тники vátniki |
| genitive | ва́тника vátnika | ва́тников vátnikov |
| dative | ва́тнику vátniku | ва́тникам vátnikam |
| accusative animate inanimate | ва́тника vátnika | ва́тников vátnikov |
| ва́тник vátnik | ва́тники vátniki | |
| instrumental | ва́тником vátnikom | ва́тниками vátnikami |
| prepositional | ва́тнике vátnike | ва́тниках vátnikax |
Descendants
- → Armenian: վատնիկ (vatnik)
- → Belarusian: ва́тнік (vátnik)
- → Crimean Tatar: vatnik
- → English: vatnik
- → Georgian: ვატნიკი (vaṭniḳi)
- → German: Watnik
- → Latvian: vatņiks
- → Lithuanian: vatnikas
- → Ukrainian: ва́тник (vátnyk)
- → Uzbek: vatnik
See also
- ва́тный (vátnyj)
- вышива́тник (vyšivátnik, “a Ukrainian ultranationalist”)