зэк

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Etymology [edit]

Shortening of заключённый каналоармеец (zaključjónnyj kanaloarmejets), via the initialism З-К. Каналоармеец was coined in an analogy with the words красноармеец meaning "member of the Red Army" or трудоармеец (member of a labor army). In 1932, when Anastas Mikoyan visited the construction of the White Sea – Baltic Canal, Lazar Kogan told him "Comrade Mikoyan, how shall we call them? (…) I thought up the word: 'kanaloarmeyets'. What do you think?" Mikoyan approved it."[1]

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Noun [edit]

зэк • (zèk) m, nom. pl. зэки

  1. (colloquial) convict, inmate

Declension [edit]

    declension of зэк
singular plural
nominative зэ́к зэ́ки
genitive зэ́ка зэ́ков
dative зэ́ку зэ́кам
accusative зэ́ка зэ́ков
instrumental зэ́ком зэ́ками
prepositional зэ́ке зэ́ках

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References [edit]

  1. ^ "White Sea Baltic Canal named after Stalin. The History of the Construction" (Беломорско-Балтийский канал имени Сталина. История строительства. / Belomorsko-Baltiyskiy kanal imeni Stalina. Istoriya stroitel'stva) Moscow, 1934, p. 138
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