перепочинок

Possibly from перепочи́(ти) (perepočý(ty)) +‎ -нок (-nok). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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перепочи́нок • (perepočýnok) m inan (genitive перепочи́нку, nominative plural перепочи́нки, genitive plural перепочи́нків)

1. breather, breathing space, respite, rest break (a brief interval of rest or relief)

   Synonyms: переди́х m (peredýx), (rare) перепочи́вок m (perepočývok), (colloquial) ві́ддих m (víddyx)

   без перепочи́нку

   bez perepočýnku

   without respite, without pausing for breath, nonstop

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2021), “перепочинок”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 12 (п – підку́рювач), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN, page 520
• “перепочинок”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1975), “перепочинок”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (П – Поїсти), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 259
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “перепочинок”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “перепочинок”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “перепочинок”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “перепочинок”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)