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Russian
Etymology
Possibly from Polish menda (“police officer (vulgar)”).
Pronunciation
Noun
мент • (ment) m anim (genitive мента́, nominative plural менты́, genitive plural менто́в)
- (slang) cop
- Synonyms: му́сор (músor), лега́вый (legávyj), ляга́вый (ljagávyj), фарао́н (faraón), коп (kop)
Declension
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Clipping of моме́нт (momént).
Noun
мент • (ment) m inan (genitive ме́нту, nominative plural ме́нти, genitive plural ме́нтів)
- (time) moment, instant
Declension
Declension of мент (inan hard masc-form accent-a)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Russian мент (ment).
Noun
мент • (ment) m pers (genitive мента́, nominative plural менти́, genitive plural менті́в)
- (slang) cop
Declension
Declension of мент (pers hard masc-form accent-b)
References
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “мент”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN