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Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *motъloxъ, from the same roots as *loxъmotьje (whence Ukrainian лахмі́ття (laxmíttja), Russian лохмо́тья (loxmótʹja)).
Pronunciation
Noun
мо́тлох • (mótlox) m inan (genitive мо́тлоху, uncountable, relational adjective мо́тлоховий) (collective)
- rags, old clothes
- rubbish, trash, junk
- (derogatory) rabble, riffraff, mob (unruly group of people)
- Synonyms: би́дло (býdlo), босо́та (bosóta), гидь (hydʹ), збіго́висько (zbihóvysʹko), збіго́вище (zbihóvyšče), збо́рисько (zbórysʹko), збо́рище (zbóryšče), мерзо́та (merzóta), на́волоч (návoloč), по́кидь (pókydʹ), по́гань (póhanʹ), по́толоч (pótoloč), своло́та (svolóta), скве́рна (skvérna)
- (figuratively) rubbish, trash, junk (something of little value)
Declension
Declension of мо́тлох (inan sg-only velar masc-form accent-a)
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Descendants
References
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “мо́тлох”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 521
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “мо́тлох”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “мо́тлох”, 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), “мо́тлох”, 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