ворог

Russian

Alternative forms

• во́рогъ (vórog) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ворогъ (vorogŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vorgъ. Doublet of враг (vrag), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvorək]

• Audio:

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Noun

во́рог • (vórog) m anim (genitive во́рога, nominative plural во́роги, genitive plural во́рогов)

1. (archaic or folk poetic) enemy, foe

   Synonym: враг (vrag)

Declension

Declension of во́рог (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	во́рог vórog	во́роги vórogi
genitive	во́рога vóroga	во́рогов vórogov
dative	во́рогу vórogu	во́рогам vórogam
accusative	во́рога vóroga	во́рогов vórogov
instrumental	во́рогом vórogom	во́рогами vórogami
prepositional	во́роге vóroge	во́рогах vórogax

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ворогъ (vorogŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vorgъ. Doublet of враг (vrah), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwɔrɔɦ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

во́рог • (vóroh) m pers (genitive во́рога, nominative plural вороги́, genitive plural ворогі́в, relational adjective воро́жий)

1. enemy, foe
2. opponent, adversary

Declension

Declension of во́рог (pers velar masc-form accent-c)

	singular	plural
nominative	во́рог vóroh	вороги́ vorohý
genitive	во́рога vóroha	ворогі́в vorohív
dative	во́рогові, во́рогу vórohovi, vórohu	ворога́м vorohám
accusative	во́рога vóroha	ворогі́в vorohív
instrumental	во́рогом vórohom	ворога́ми vorohámy
locative	во́рогові, во́рогу vórohovi, vórohu	ворога́х voroháx
vocative	во́роже vórože	вороги́ vorohý

References

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