указ

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• IPA^(key): [ˈukas]
• Rhymes: -ukas

указ • (ukaz) m

1. order, decree, edict (a written order that has the force of law)

   Synonym: декрет (dekret)

• “указ” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Deverbal from указа́ть (ukazátʹ).

• IPA^(key): [ʊˈkas]

• Audio:

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ука́з • (ukáz) m inan (genitive ука́за, nominative plural ука́зы, genitive plural ука́зов)

1. enactment, ordinance, decree, edict, ukase

   Ты ему́ не ука́з.

   Ty jemú ne ukáz.

   You can't lay down the law for him (or you are no authority for him).

   • 1836, Александр Пушкин, “Глава VI. Пугачёвщина”, in Капитанская дочка, London: Henry S. King & Co.; English translation from Ekaterina Telfer, transl., The Captain's Daughter, 1875:

     Пытка в старину так была укоренена в обычаях судопроизводства, что благодетельный указ, уничтоживший оную, долго оставался безо всякого действия.

     Pytka v starinu tak byla ukorenena v obyčajax sudoproizvodstva, što blagodetelʹnyj ukaz, uničtoživšij onuju, dolgo ostavalsja bezo vsjakovo dejstvija.

     The system of torture was so deeply rooted in the administration of justice in the olden time, that the humane ukase which abolished it, remained disregarded for a considerable time.

• ука́зывать impf (ukázyvatʹ), указа́ть pf (ukazátʹ)
• указа́ние n (ukazánije), ука́зка f (ukázka), указа́тель m (ukazátelʹ)

• → English: ukase
• → French: ukase, oukase, oukaze, ukaze
  • → Dutch: oekaze
• → German: Ukas
• → Italian: ukase
• → Polish: ukaz
• → Portuguese: ukase
• → Swedish: ukas

• IPA^(key): /ǔːkaːz/
• Hyphenation: у‧каз

у́ка̄з m inan (Latin spelling úkāz)

1. order, decree, ukase

• “указ”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Deverbal from указа́ти (ukazáty).

• IPA^(key): [ʊˈkaz]

• Audio:

  (file)

ука́з • (ukáz) m inan (genitive ука́зу, nominative plural ука́зи, genitive plural ука́зів)

1. decree, edict, enactment, ordinance, ukase

   Synonyms: декре́т m (dekrét), постано́ва f (postanóva)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “указ”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “указ”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “указ”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “указ”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)