орк
/[ɔrk]/
Ukrainiannoun
Definitions
- 1.orc (humanoid monster)
- 2.derogatorya police officer or titushky working for former Ukrainian president Yanukovych
- 3.derogatoryRussian invader (a Russian, DPR, or LPR soldier participating in the 2022 invasion of Ukraine)
- 4.derogatoryoffensiveAny Russian person
Synonyms & related words
Word family
- орки́ня
- оркоста́н
- о́ркський
- орочня́
- орчи́на
- орчи́ня
- орчи́ха
Etymology
Borrowed from English orc. The pejorative usage appeared as early as in 2014, when Euromaidan activists referred Yanukovych's supporters and riot policemen as "orcs". Later it was extended in Ukrainian military slang as a term for the Russian enemy during the War in Donbass and was widely popularized by an official Armed Forces of Ukraine Facebook post on 25 February 2022.
Forms
- orkromanization
- о́ркаgenitive
- о́рківськийadjective • relational
- о́ркськийadjective • relational
- орченя́diminutive
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | орк | о́рки |
| Genitive | о́рка | о́рків |
| Dative | о́ркові, о́рку | о́ркам |
| Accusative | о́рка | о́рків |
| Instrumental | о́рком | о́рками |
| Locative | о́ркові, о́рку | о́рках |
| Vocative | о́рку | о́рки |
Nominative
Singular
орк
Plural
о́рки
Genitive
Singular
о́рка
Plural
о́рків
Dative
Singular
о́ркові, о́рку
Plural
о́ркам
Accusative
Singular
о́рка
Plural
о́рків
Instrumental
Singular
о́рком
Plural
о́рками
Locative
Singular
о́ркові, о́рку
Plural
о́рках
Vocative
Singular
о́рку
Plural
о́рки