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Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
ко́рок • (kórok) f inan pl
- genitive plural of ко́рка (kórka)
Ukrainian
Etymology
Likely borrowed from Polish korek, from German Kork.
Pronunciation
Noun
ко́рок • (kórok) m inan (genitive ко́рка, nominative plural ко́рки, genitive plural ко́рків, relational adjective ко́рковий or корко́вий)
- cork (the phellem of the cork oak, used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material)
- Synonym: про́бка f (próbka)
- cork, stopper (a bottle stopper made from cork or any other material)
- Synonym: про́бка f (próbka)
- (dated) heel (of shoe)
- Synonyms: підбо́р m (pidbór), каблу́к m (kablúk), закаблу́к m (zakablúk)
- (figurative, colloquial) traffic jam, jam
- Synonyms: зато́р m (zatór), про́бка f (próbka)
Declension
Declension of ко́рок (inan velar masc-form accent-a reduc)
References
- ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “корок”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 39
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2016), “корок”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 7 (кварта́л – кя́хтинський), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “корок”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “корок”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “корок”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “корок”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “корок”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “корок”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)