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Macedonian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
указ • (ukaz) m
- order, decree, edict (a written order that has the force of law)
- Synonym: декрет (dekret)
Declension
Further reading
- “указ” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
Russian
Etymology
Deverbal from указа́ть (ukazátʹ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ука́з • (ukáz) m inan (genitive ука́за, nominative plural ука́зы, genitive plural ука́зов)
- enactment, ordinance, decree, edict, ukase
Ты ему́ не ука́з.- Ty jemú ne ukáz.
- You can't lay down the law for him (or you are no authority for him).
1836, Александр Пушкин, “Глава VI. Пугачёвщина”, in Капитанская дочка, London: Henry S. King & Co.; English translation from Ekaterina Telfer, transl., The Captain's Daughter, 1875:Пытка в старину так была укоренена в обычаях судопроизводства, что благодетельный указ, уничтоживший оную, долго оставался безо всякого действия.- Pytka v starinu tak byla ukorenena v obyčajax sudoproizvodstva, što blagodetelʹnyj ukaz, uničtoživšij onuju, dolgo ostavalsja bezo vsjakovo dejstvija.
- The system of torture was so deeply rooted in the administration of justice in the olden time, that the humane ukase which abolished it, remained disregarded for a considerable time.
Declension
Descendants
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǔːkaːz/
- Hyphenation: у‧каз
Noun
у́ка̄з m (Latin spelling úkāz)
- order, decree, ukase
Declension
Ukrainian
Etymology
Deverbal from указа́ти (ukazáty).
Pronunciation
Noun
ука́з • (ukáz) m inan (genitive ука́зу, nominative plural ука́зи, genitive plural ука́зів)
- decree, edict, enactment, ordinance, ukase
- Synonyms: декре́т m (dekrét), постано́ва f (postanóva)
Declension
Declension of ука́з (inan hard masc-form accent-a)
Further reading