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 (genitive singular jarku, nominative plural jarky, genitive plural jarkov, declension pattern of dub)

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