ватник
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Russian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
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, an overly zealous Russian jingoist
Usage notes[edit]
- In sense (2), the term is commonly used by Russian liberals to label right-wingers and supporters of Vladimir Putin's policies, including the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The term is often considered Russophobic and offensive by the latter.
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
- → Armenian: վատնիկ (vatnik)
- → Azerbaijani: vatnik
- → Belarusian: ва́тнік (vátnik)
- → Crimean Tatar: vatnik
- → English: vatnik
- → Estonian: vatnik
- → French: vatnik
- → Georgian: ვატნიკი (vaṭniḳi)
- → German: Watnik
- → Latvian: vatņiks
- → Lithuanian: vatnikas
- → Swedish: vatnik
- → Ukrainian: ва́тник (vátnyk)
- → English: vatnyk
- → Uzbek: vatnik
See also[edit]
- ва́тный (vátnyj)
- вышива́тник (vyšivátnik, “a Ukrainian ultranationalist”)
- зе́тник (zétnik, “a vatnik who uses the Z symbol, a supporter of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine”), зэ́тник (zɛ́tnik)
Ukrainian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Russian ва́тник (vátnik).
Noun[edit]
ва́тник • (vátnyk) m ? (genitive [please provide], nominative plural [please provide])
- vatnik (jacket)
- (derogatory, neologism) vatnik (Russian jingoist)
- 2023 September 14, “Посібник для українського “ватника”: чутки, саботаж, «орієнтація» дітей… [Guide to being a Ukrainian "vatnik": misinformation, sabotage, "indoctrination" of children...]”, in UkrInform[1]:
Descendants[edit]
- → English: vatnyk
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