орк
Russian
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Etymology
[edit]The 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
[edit]Noun
[edit]орк • (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
Usage notes
[edit]Some 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.
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]Ukrainian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The 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
[edit]Noun
[edit]орк • (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
[edit]Derived 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 pronunciation
- 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