порок

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Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *porokъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

порок (porokm (relational adjective порочен)

  1. vice

Declension

Declension of порок
singular plural
indefinite порок (porok) пороци (poroci)
definite unspecified порокот (porokot) пороците (porocite)
definite proximal пороков (porokov) пороциве (porocive)
definite distal порокон (porokon) пороцине (porocine)
vocative пороку (poroku) пороци (poroci)
count form порока (poroka)

Russian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic порокъ (porokŭ), from Proto-Slavic *porokъ. Related to порица́ть (poricátʹ).

Pronunciation

Noun

поро́к (porókm inan (genitive поро́ка, nominative plural поро́ки, genitive plural поро́ков)

  1. vice (bad or undesirable habit)
  2. flaw, defect, blemish
    • 1899, Максим Горький , Двадцать шесть и одна; English translation from Twenty-Six and One, New York: J. F. Taylor & Company, 1902:
      Иногда́ жизнь челове́ка быва́ет до того́ бедна́, что он нево́льно принуждё́н цени́ть свой поро́к и им жить; и мо́жно сказа́ть, что ча́сто лю́ди быва́ют поро́чны от ску́ки.
      Inogdá žiznʹ čelovéka byvájet do tovó bedná, što on nevólʹno prinuždjón cenítʹ svoj porók i im žitʹ; i móžno skazátʹ, što částo ljúdi byvájut poróčny ot skúki.
      Sometimes a man's life is so poor that he is involuntarily compelled to prize his defect and live by it. It may frankly be said that people are often depraved out of mere weariness.
Declension

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old East Slavic порокъ (porokŭ), from Proto-Slavic *porkъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

поро́к (porókm inan (genitive поро́ка, nominative plural поро́ки, genitive plural поро́ков)

  1. (historical) mangonel, catapult
Declension

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

по́рок (pórokf inan pl

  1. genitive plural of по́рка (pórka)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *porokъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǒrok/
  • Hyphenation: по‧рок

Noun

по̀рок m inan (Latin spelling pòrok)

  1. vice (bad or undesirable habit)

Declension

Declension of порок
singular plural
nominative порок пороци
genitive порока порока
dative пороку пороцима
accusative порок пороке
vocative пороче пороци
locative пороку пороцима
instrumental пороком пороцима

Ukrainian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian поро́к (porók), from Old Church Slavonic порокъ (porokŭ), from Proto-Slavic *porokъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

поро́к (porókm inan (genitive поро́ка, nominative plural поро́ки, genitive plural поро́ків)

  1. vice, flaw (a reprehensible personal characteristic)
    Synonyms: ва́да (váda), недо́лік (nedólik), мі́нус (mínus), хи́ба (xýba)
  2. (dated) sin, depravity, debauchery, immorality (immoral behaviour)
    Synonyms: розпу́ста (rozpústa), розпу́тство (rozpútstvo), гріх (hrix), гріхо́вність (hrixóvnistʹ)
  3. defect
    Synonyms: дефе́кт (defékt), ва́да (váda), ро́злад (rózlad)
Declension
Declension of поро́к
(inan velar masc-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative поро́к
porók
поро́ки
poróky
genitive поро́ка
poróka
поро́ків
porókiv
dative поро́кові, поро́ку
porókovi, poróku
поро́кам
porókam
accusative поро́к
porók
поро́ки
poróky
instrumental поро́ком
porókom
поро́ками
porókamy
locative поро́ку
poróku
поро́ках
porókax
vocative поро́ку
poróku
поро́ки
poróky

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Ruthenian порокъ (porok), from Old East Slavic порокъ (porokŭ), from Proto-Slavic *porkъ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

по́рок (pórokm inan (genitive по́рока, nominative plural по́роки, genitive plural по́років)

  1. (historical) mangonel, catapult
    Synonym: катапу́льта (katapúlʹta)
Declension
Declension of по́рок
(inan velar masc-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative по́рок
pórok
по́роки
póroky
genitive по́рока
póroka
по́років
pórokiv
dative по́рокові, по́року
pórokovi, póroku
по́рокам
pórokam
accusative по́рок
pórok
по́роки
póroky
instrumental по́роком
pórokom
по́роками
pórokamy
locative по́року
póroku
по́роках
pórokax
vocative по́року
póroku
по́роки
póroky

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