вароты

Belarusian

Etymology

From Old Belarusian ворота (vorota), from Old East Slavic ворота (vorota), from Proto-Slavic *vorta. The noun was originally of neuter gender in Old Belarusian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vaˈrotɨ]

Noun

варо́ты • (varóty) f inan pl (genitive варо́т or варо́таў, plural only)

1. gate

   Synonym: бра́ма (bráma)

2. (sports) goal (in many sports, e.g. soccer, an area into which the players attempt to put an object)

Declension

Declension of варо́ты (inan pl-only hard fem-form accent-a)

	plural
nominative	варо́ты varóty
genitive	варо́т, варо́таў varót, varótaŭ
dative	варо́там varótam
accusative	варо́ты varóty
instrumental	варо́тамі varótami
locative	варо́тах varótax

Derived terms

• варата́р (varatár)

References

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