нафта

нафта

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnafta]

• Audio

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Noun

нафта • (nafta) f (related adjective нафтен)

1. oil, petroleum

Declension

Declension of нафта

	singular	plural
indefinite	нафта	нафти
definite unspecified	нафтата	нафтите
definite proximal	нафтава	нафтиве
definite distal	нафтана	нафтине
vocative	нафто	нафти

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnaftə]

Noun

на́фта • (náfta) f inan (genitive на́фты, nominative plural на́фты, genitive plural нафт)

1. (dated) petroleum, oil, naphtha (naturally-occurring liquid petroleum)
2. naphtha (petroleum distillate)

Declension

Declension of на́фта (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	на́фта náfta	на́фты náfty
genitive	на́фты náfty	на́фт náft
dative	на́фте náfte	на́фтам náftam
accusative	на́фту náftu	на́фты náfty
instrumental	на́фтой, на́фтою náftoj, náftoju	на́фтами náftami
prepositional	на́фте náfte	на́фтах náftax

Synonyms

• нефть (neftʹ) (naturally-occurring liquid petroleum)
• лигрои́н (ligroín) (petroleum distillate)

Descendants

• → Estonian: nafta
• → Finnish: nafta

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin naphtha, from Ancient Greek νάφθα (náphtha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nâfta/
• Hyphenation: наф‧та

Noun

на̏фта f (Latin spelling nȁfta)

1. (uncountable) oil, petroleum, naphtha

Declension

Declension of нафта

	singular
nominative	нафта
genitive	нафте
dative	нафти
accusative	нафту
vocative	нафто
locative	нафти
instrumental	нафтом

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian на́фта (náfta), from Latin naphtha, from Ancient Greek νάφθα (náphtha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnaftɐ]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

на́фта • (náfta) f inan (genitive на́фти, nominative plural на́фти, genitive plural нафт, related adjective на́фтовий or нафто́вий)

1. petroleum, oil (naturally occurring liquid petroleum)

   сира́ на́фта ― syrá náfta ― crude oil, crude

Declension

Declension of на́фта (inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	на́фта náfta	на́фти náfty
genitive	на́фти náfty	нафт naft
dative	на́фті náfti	на́фтам náftam
accusative	на́фту náftu	на́фти náfty
instrumental	на́фтою náftoju	на́фтами náftamy
locative	на́фті náfti	на́фтах náftax
vocative	на́фто náfto	на́фти náfty

See also

• бензи́н m (benzýn)
• лігрої́н m (lihrojín)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “нафта”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2022), “нафта”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 1–13 (а – покі́рно), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “нафта”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “нафта”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “нафта”, in Словник.ua [Slovnik.ua] (in Ukrainian)