орк
Russian
Etymology
The pejorative usage appeared as early as in 2014, when Euromaidan activists referred Yanukovych's supporters and riot policemen as "orcs". Later it was extended 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
- IPA(key): [ork]
Noun
орк • (ork) m anim (genitive о́рка, nominative plural о́рки, genitive plural о́рков, relational adjective о́ркский or о́рочий)
- (fantasy) orc (humanoid monster warrior)
- (derogatory) a police officer or titushky working for former Ukrainian president Yanukovych
- (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
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
Antonyms
- эльф (elʹf, “elf”)
Coordinate terms
- 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
- оркоста́н (orkostán, “land of orcs, Russia”) (derogatory, slang)
References
Ukrainian
Etymology
The pejorative usage appeared as early as in 2014, when Euromaidan activists referred Yanukovych's supporters and riot policemen as "orcs". Later it was extended 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
- IPA(key): [ɔrk]
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Noun
орк • (ork) m pers (genitive о́рка, nominative plural о́рки, genitive plural о́рків, relational adjective о́рківський or о́ркський, diminutive орченя́)
- (fantasy) orc (humanoid monster)
- (derogatory) a police officer or titushky working for former Ukrainian president Yanukovych
- (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
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | орк ork |
о́рки órky |
| genitive | о́рка órka |
о́рків órkiv |
| dative | о́ркові, о́рку órkovi, órku |
о́ркам órkam |
| accusative | о́рка órka |
о́рків órkiv |
| instrumental | о́рком órkom |
о́рками órkamy |
| locative | о́ркові, о́рку órkovi, órku |
о́рках órkax |
| vocative | о́рку órku |
о́рки órky |
Derived terms
- орки́ня (orkýnja, “a female orc, a Russian woman”) (derogatory, slang)
- оркоста́н (orkostán, “land of orcs, Russia”) (derogatory, slang)
- о́ркський (órksʹkyj, “orcish, related to orcs”)
- орочня́ (oročnjá, “orcs, Russians”) (collective, derogatory, slang)
- орчи́на (orčýna, “a big orc, a Russian soldier or man”) (derogatory, slang)
- орчи́ня (orčýnja, “a female orc, a Russian woman”) (derogatory, slang)
- орчи́ха (orčýxa, “a female orc, a Russian woman”) (more derogatory, slang)