ворог

Russian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvorək]

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Noun

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

1. (archaic or folk poetic) enemy, foe

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

Synonyms

• враг (vrag)

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Noun

во́рог • (vóroh) m inan (genitive во́рога, nominative plural вороги́)

1. enemy, foe
2. opponent, adversary

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