окоп

Macedonian

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Noun

окоп • (okop) m

1. ditch, trench

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Russian окопъ (okop) (att. 1678), from Old Ruthenian окопъ (okop) (att. 1578), from Middle Polish okop (16th c.), from okopać, from Proto-Slavic *kopati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kop-, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to strike, beat”).

Probable cognates include Ancient Greek κόπτω (kóptō, “to strike, to cut, to shake”)

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Noun

око́п • (okóp) m inan (genitive око́па, nominative plural око́пы, genitive plural око́пов)

1. (military) foxhole, dugout, trench

Declension

Related terms

• ока́пываться (okápyvatʹsja, verb)
• окопник (okopnik, noun)
• окопный (okopnyj, adjective)
• окопчик (okopčik, noun)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “окоп”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

• окі́п (okíp)

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око́п • (okóp) m inan (genitive око́пу, nominative plural око́пи, genitive plural око́пів, relational adjective око́пний, diminutive око́пчик or око́пець)

1. (mostly as окі́п (okíp)) a trench/ditch
2. (military) foxhole, dugout, trench

Declension

Related terms

• око́пуватися (okópuvatysja, verb)
• око́пник (okópnyk, noun), око́пниця (okópnycja, noun)
• око́пище (okópyšče, adjective)

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “окоп”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2020), “око́п”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 11 (обмін – оя́снювати), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN