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корок

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Russian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ко́рок (kórokf inan pl

  1. genitive plural of ко́рка (kórka)

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Likely borrowed from Polish korek, from German Kork.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkɔrɔk]
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Noun

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ко́рок (kórokm inan (genitive ко́рка, nominative plural ко́рки, genitive plural ко́рків, relational adjective ко́рковий or корко́вий)

  1. cork (the phellem of the cork oak, used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material)
    Synonym: про́бка f (próbka)
  2. cork, stopper (a bottle stopper made from cork or any other material)
    Synonym: про́бка f (próbka)
  3. (dated) heel (of shoe)
    Synonyms: підбо́р m (pidbór), каблу́к m (kablúk), закаблу́к m (zakablúk)
  4. (figurative, colloquial) traffic jam, jam
    Synonyms: зато́р m (zatór), про́бка f (próbka)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “корок”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 39

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