совок

• IPA^(key): [sɐˈvok]

From сова́ть (sovátʹ, “to put; to slip, to give; to poke in”) +‎ -о́к (-ók).

сово́к • (sovók) m inan (genitive совка́, nominative plural совки́, genitive plural совко́в, diminutive сово́чек)

1. scoop, dustpan

• совко́во (sovkóvo) (typical of Soviet "reality", dreary)
• совко́вский (sovkóvskij) (related to the Soviet Union or Soviet era)
• совко́вый (sovkóvyj)

• → Armenian: սավոկ (savok)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “совок”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

From сове́т (sovét) +‎ -о́к (-ók), possibly inspired by the above homonym.

сово́к • (sovók) m inan or m anim (genitive совка́, nominative plural совки́, genitive plural совко́в)

1. (inanimate, derogatory) Soviet Union, sovok, sovdep, sovdepia/sovdepiya
2. (animate, derogatory) person supporting Soviet ideology, morals or habits, sovok

• совде́повец (sovdépovec) (a person supporting Soviet values)
• совде́п (sovdép), совде́пия (sovdépija) (Soviet Union, things associated with the Soviet Union, from "Soviet of [Workers' and Soldiers'] Deputies")

• Совка́ (Sovká)
• совкодро́чер (sovkodróčer)

• IPA^(key): [sɔˈwɔk]

From сова́ти (sováty, “to put; to slip, to give; to poke in”) +‎ -о́к (-ók).

сово́к • (sovók) m inan (genitive совка́, nominative plural совки́, genitive plural совкі́в, relational adjective совко́вий, diminutive сово́чок)

1. scoop, dustpan

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “совок”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

Influenced by Russian сово́к (sovók), equivalent to сові́т (sovít) +‎ -о́к (-ók).

сово́к • (sovók) m inan (genitive совка́, nominative plural совки́, genitive plural совкі́в, relational adjective совко́вий)

1. (inanimate, derogatory) Soviet Union, sovok, sovdep, sovdepia/sovdepiya
2. (personal, derogatory) person supporting Soviet ideology, morals or habits, sovok

inanimate

personal

• совкодро́чер (sovkodróčer)