jarok

See also: járók and járok

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Hungarian árok, from a Turkic language, compare Turkish arık (“irrigation ditch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.rok/
• Hyphenation: ja‧rok

Noun

jarok m inan

1. ditch

Declension

Declension of jarok

	singular	plural
nominative	jarok	jarky
genitive	jarku	jarkov
dative	jarku	jarkom
accusative	jarok	jarky
locative	jarku	jarkoch
instrumental	jarkom	jarkami

Derived terms

• jarček

Further reading

• “jarok”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024