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Ukrainian
Etymology
Indirect borrowing through Polish oficer and Russian офицер (oficer), from German Offizier, from French officier, from Old French officer, from Late Latin officiarius (“official”), from Latin officium (“office”) + -ārius (“-er”). Cognate with Belarusian афіцэр (aficer), Czech oficír, Slovak oficier, Upper Sorbian oficěr.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
офіце́р • (oficér) m pers (genitive офіце́ра, nominative plural офіце́ри, genitive plural офіце́рів, relational adjective офіце́рський)
- (military) officer
- вахтовий офіцер ― vaxtovyj oficer ― watch officer
- кадровий офіцер ― kadrovyj oficer ― regular officer
- старший офіцер ― staršyj oficer ― senior officer
- стройовий офіцер ― strojovyj oficer ― line officer
- офіцер зв’язку ― oficer zvʺjazku ― liaison officer
- штаб-офіцер ― štab-oficer ― field officer
- офіцер запасу ― oficer zapasu ― reserve officer
- офіцер розвідки ― oficer rozvidky ― intelligence officer
Declension
Declension of офіце́р (pers hard masc-form accent-a)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “офіцер”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “офіцер”, 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), “офіцер”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “офіцер”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “офіцер”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “офіцер”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “офіцер”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)