koryto

Inherited from Old Czech koryto, from Proto-Slavic *koryto. Cognate with Upper Sorbian korto, Lower Sorbian kóryto, Polish koryto, Serbo-Croatian kòrito, Russian коры́то (korýto).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkorɪto]

koryto n (diminutive korýtko)

1. trough (long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals)
2. channel (the physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks)
3. (politics, figurative, derogatory) the work-related benefits (money, housing, cars, influence, etc.) provided to government officials and elected politicians; suggests misuse for personal gain; cf. pork barrel

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• “koryto”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “koryto”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “koryto”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

koryto n (diminutive korytko)

1. superseded spelling of kóryto

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koryto.

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• Rhymes: -ɘtɔ
• Syllabification: ko‧ry‧to

koryto n

1. trough (container for feeding animals)
2. channel, riverbed (confine of a river)
3. (politics, figurative, derogatory) the work-related benefits (money, housing, cars, influence, etc.) provided to government officials and elected politicians; suggests misuse for personal gain; cf. pork barrel
4. (Przemyśl) plank manger for cattle or horses

   Hypernym: żłób

• koryto in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• koryto in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Saloni (1899) “koryto”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 240