кіборг
Ukrainian
Etymology
An internationalism, see cyborg#English.
The sense "a brave warrior" comes from a nickname that a pro-Russian soldier gave to Ukrainian defenders of the Donetsk airport, see the English Wikipedia page for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkʲibɔrɦ]
Noun
кі́борг • (kíborh) m pers (genitive кі́борга, nominative plural кі́борги, genitive plural кі́боргів)
- cyborg
- (specifically) any one of the Ukrainian soldiers who fought against pro-Russian militants at Donetsk Airport from 2014 to 2015
- (figuratively, by extension) an exceptionally brave and sturdy warrior
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | кі́борг kíborh |
кі́борги kíborhy |
| genitive | кі́борга kíborha |
кі́боргів kíborhiv |
| dative | кі́боргові, кі́боргу kíborhovi, kíborhu |
кі́боргам kíborham |
| accusative | кі́борга kíborha |
кі́боргів kíborhiv |
| instrumental | кі́боргом kíborhom |
кі́боргами kíborhamy |
| locative | кі́боргові, кі́боргу kíborhovi, kíborhu |
кі́боргах kíborhax |
| vocative | кі́боргу kíborhu |
кі́борги kíborhy |
Further reading
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2016), “кі́борг”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 7 (кварта́л – кя́хтинський), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN