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Russian
Etymology
From a Turkic source; Kazakh ошақ (oşaq), compare Kyrgyz очок (ocok), Uzbek oʻchoq, Turkish ocak (“stove”); from Old Turkic očaq, očuq (“stove, oven”). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ōtčak (“hearth”).
Pronunciation
Noun
оча́г • (očág) m inan (genitive очага́, nominative plural очаги́, genitive plural очаго́в, relational adjective очаго́вый)
- hearth
- Synonym: ками́н (kamín)
- pocket (an isolated group or area)
- оча́г сопротивле́ния ― očág soprotivlénija ― pocket of resistance
- (figuratively) breeding ground, hotbed
- Synonym: расса́дник (rassádnik)
- оча́г жёлтой лихора́дки ― očág žóltoj lixorádki ― hotbed of yellow fever
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