орк
Russian
editEtymology
editThe pejorative usage appeared 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.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editорк • (ork) m anim (genitive о́рка, nominative plural о́рки, genitive plural о́рков, relational adjective о́ркский or о́рочий)
- (fantasy) orc (humanoid monster warrior)
- (derogatory, Internet slang) a Russian person with little to no desirable qualities (unattractive, low intelligence, uncultured, etc.)
- (politics, derogatory, neologism, Ukraine) Russian invader (a Russian, DPR, or LPR soldier participating in the 2022 invasion of Ukraine)
- (derogatory, Internet slang, offensive, ethnic slur, Ukraine, by extension) Any Russian person
Declension
editUsage notes
editSome Russian nationalists and supporters of the 2022 invasion of Ukraine took up the "орк" slur as a term of pride to represent themselves as soldiers, or to mock Ukrainian or pro-Ukraine users.
Antonyms
edit- эльф (elʹf, “elf”)
Coordinate terms
edit- ваха (vaxa, “Warhammer”) (online slang: orks are among the playable armies in that game)
- Мордор (Mordor, “Mordor, Russia”) (derogatory, slang)
- оккупа́нт (okkupánt, “occupant, a Russian soldier”)
Derived terms
edit- оркоста́н (orkostán, “land of orcs, Russia”) (derogatory, slang)
References
editUkrainian
editEtymology
editThe pejorative usage appeared 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.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editорк • (ork) m pers (genitive о́рка, nominative plural о́рки, genitive plural о́рків, relational adjective о́рківський or о́ркський, diminutive орченя́)
- (fantasy) orc (humanoid monster)
- (politics, derogatory) Russian invader (a Russian, DPR, or LPR soldier participating in the 2022 invasion of Ukraine)
- (derogatory, Internet slang, offensive, ethnic slur, by extension) Any Russian person
Declension
editDerived terms
edit- орки́ня (orkýnja, “a female orc, a Russian woman”) (derogatory, slang)
- оркоста́н (orkostán, “land of orcs, Russia”) (derogatory, slang)
- о́ркський (órksʹkyj, “orcish, related to orcs”)
- орчи́на (orčýna, “a big orc, a Russian soldier or man”) (derogatory, slang)
- орчи́ня (orčýnja, “a female orc, a Russian woman”) (derogatory, slang)
- орочня́ (oročnjá, “orcs, Russians”) (collective, derogatory, slang)
References
edit- Russian terms borrowed from English
- Russian terms derived from English
- Russian 1-syllable words
- Russian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Russian lemmas
- Russian nouns
- Russian masculine nouns
- Russian animate nouns
- ru:Fantasy
- Russian derogatory terms
- Russian internet slang
- ru:Politics
- Russian neologisms
- Ukrainian Russian
- Russian offensive terms
- Russian ethnic slurs
- Russian velar-stem masculine-form nouns
- Russian velar-stem masculine-form accent-a nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern a
- ru:Warhammer
- ru:Nationalism
- Russian self-deprecatory terms
- Ukrainian terms borrowed from English
- Ukrainian terms derived from English
- Ukrainian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ukrainian terms with audio links
- Ukrainian lemmas
- Ukrainian nouns
- Ukrainian masculine nouns
- Ukrainian personal nouns
- uk:Fantasy
- uk:Politics
- Ukrainian derogatory terms
- Ukrainian internet slang
- Ukrainian offensive terms
- Ukrainian ethnic slurs
- Ukrainian velar-stem masculine-form nouns
- Ukrainian velar-stem masculine-form accent-a nouns
- Ukrainian nouns with accent pattern a
- uk:Nationalism