батько
father
Parts of speech
Nouns |
батько, gen. батька - father (see also тато) N.B. батьки , батьків - (in plural) parents |
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Adjectives |
батьківський - fatherly, like a father |
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батьків, батькова, батькове - belonging or pertaining to the/a father |
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по-батьківському - in a fatherly way |
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Additional information
1. the informal word for dad, daddy is тато
2. батьківщина, with stress on the first syllable: inheritance, legacy (also: спадщина, спадок).
3. батькуватися - to swear, by insulting someone's father (some linguists consider this to be a more traditional Ukrainian way of swearing, rather than матюкатися (to insult someone's mother!).
Related words
прабатьки - ancestors
батьківщина, батьківщини - fatherland, native country (note stress on third syllable)