хата
house
Parts of speech
Nouns |
хата gen. хати - traditional village house |
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хатка gen. хатки, хатина gen. хатини - house (diminutive) |
Adjectives |
хатній - relating or pertaining to a traditional village house |
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Additional information
1. in the popular Ukrainian television reality show 'Хата на тата' (Dad looks after the home) the wife and mother goes off somwhere for a week, leaving her husband to cope with the household and kids
2. a popular fast food chain in Ukraine is Пузата хата (The house with the big tummy), serving traditional Ukrainian dishes
3. most linguists agree that the word хата is of Iranian origin, related to the Persian kad (building).
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