# нафта
## Belarusian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian на́фта (náfta), from Latin naphtha, from Ancient Greek νάφθα (náphtha).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnafta]
* Rhymes: -afta
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: наф‧та

### Noun

на́фта • (náfta) f inan (genitive на́фты, uncountable, relational adjective на́фтавы)
* oil, petroleum (naturally occurring liquid petroleum)
    Венесуэла - краіна з самымі вялікімі запасамі нафты ў свеце. ― Vjenjesuela - kraina z samymi vjalikimi zapasami nafty ŭ svjecje. ― Venezuela is the country with the largest oil reserves in the world.

#### Declension
### References

* Bulyka, A. M., editor (2000), “нафта”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 19 (надивней – небэзпэчность), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 352
* Bulyka, A. M., editor (2001), “нефта”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 20 (невагаючийся – никогды), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 362
* "нафта" in Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984) at Verbum
* “нафта” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnafta]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

нафта • (nafta) f (relational adjective нафтен)
* oil, petroleum

#### Declension
## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnaftə]

### Noun

на́фта • (náfta) f inan (genitive на́фты, nominative plural на́фты, genitive plural нафт)
* (dated) petroleum, oil, naphtha (naturally-occurring liquid petroleum)
* naphtha (petroleum distillate)

#### Synonyms

* нефть (neftʹ) (naturally-occurring liquid petroleum)
* лигрои́н (ligroín) (petroleum distillate)

#### Descendants

* → Estonian: nafta
* → Finnish: nafta

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Latin naphtha, from Ancient Greek νάφθα (náphtha).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nâfta/
* Hyphenation: наф‧та

### Noun

на̏фта f (Latin spelling nȁfta)
* (uncountable) oil, petroleum, naphtha

#### Declension
## Ukrainian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian на́фта (náfta) and Polish nafta, from Latin naphtha, from Ancient Greek νάφθα (náphtha).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnaftɐ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

на́фта • (náfta) f inan (genitive на́фти, nominative plural на́фти, genitive plural нафт, relational adjective на́фтовий or нафто́вий)
* petroleum, oil (naturally occurring liquid petroleum)
    сира́ на́фта ― syrá náfta ― crude oil, crude

#### Derived terms

* нафтовидобува́ння n (naftovydobuvánnja)
* нафтови́добуток m (naftovýdobutok)
* нафтогі́н m (naftohín)
* нафтодобува́ння n (naftodobuvánnja)
* нафтопереро́бний (naftopereróbnyj)
* нафтопрові́д m (naftoprovíd)
* нафтопроду́кт m (naftoprodúkt)
* нафтопромисло́вість f (naftopromyslóvistʹ)

### See also

* бензи́н m (benzýn)
* лігрої́н m (lihrojín)

### Further reading

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “нафта”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “нафта”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
* Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “нафта”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* “нафта”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
* “нафта”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)