Уркаина

Russian

Anti-Yanukovych graffiti in Luhansk

Etymology

Blend of у́рка (úrka, “a criminal”) +‎ Украи́на (Ukraína), originally from Ukrainian Уркаї́на (Urkajína). Coined in 2004 after the Orange Revolution, and popularised in 2011 from its usage in the satirical novel S.N.U.F.F.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʊrkɐˈinə]

Proper noun

Уркаи́на • (Urkaína) f inan (genitive Уркаи́ны)

1. (derogatory, uncommon, Internet slang) Ukraine, perceived as a country of criminals

   Уркаина вперде. ― Urkaina vperde. ― Ukraine is going to ruin.

2. (derogatory, slang, Ukraine, specifically) Ukraine under former president Viktor Yanukovych

   Бандюкович это Уркаина. ― Bandjukovič eto Urkaina. ― Bandyukovich [Viktor Yanukovych the bandit] is corruption in Ukraine. (graffiti written against Yanukovych)

Declension

Declension of Уркаи́на (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	Уркаи́на Urkaína
genitive	Уркаи́ны Urkaíny
dative	Уркаи́не Urkaíne
accusative	Уркаи́ну Urkaínu
instrumental	Уркаи́ной, Уркаи́ною Urkaínoj, Urkaínoju
prepositional	Уркаи́не Urkaíne

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:Украина

See also

• Рои́сся (Roíssja) (similar meaning as in sense 2, used by Russians to condemn corruption in their own country)