охота

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐˈxotə]

Etymology 1

Сame into use as taboo avoidance of an earlier word лов (lov).

Noun

охо́та (oxóta) f inan (genitive охо́ты, nominative plural охо́ты, genitive plural охо́т)

  1. hunt, hunting
    Драма на охоте - Drama on the hunt (Russian title of the novel The Shooting Party)
  2. shooting, game shooting, fowling
  3. chase
Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), охота”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress

Etymology 2

From хоте́ть (xotétʹ).

Noun

охо́та (oxóta) f inan (genitive охо́ты, nominative plural охо́ты, genitive plural охо́т)

  1. wish, inclination, desire
  2. (predicative, impersonal) what makes...do something; what do/does...see in something; what do/does...get out of something
    Охо́та ему́ занима́ться э́тим?!Oxóta jemú zanimátʹsja étim?!What makes him do it?!
    Что́ вам за охо́та?!Štó vam za oxóta?!What makes you do it?!
Declension
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