вратарь

Old Church Slavonic

Noun

вратарь • (vratarĭ) m

  1. doorman, gatekeeper

Declension

Russian

вратарь

Etymology

From врата́ (vratá, gate) + -а́рь (-árʹ), calque of German Torwart (goalkeeper, literally gate guardian). Compare Belarusian варата́р (varatár), Serbo-Croatian vràtār / вра̀та̄р, etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vrɐˈtarʲ]
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Noun

врата́рь • (vratárʹ) m anim (genitive вратаря́, nominative plural вратари́, genitive plural вратаре́й)

  1. goalkeeper
  2. goaltender

Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вратарь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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