погром

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian погро́м (pogróm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [poˈɡrɔm]
• Rhymes: -ɔm
• Syllabification^(key): по‧гром
• Hyphenation^(key): пог‧ром

Noun

погро́м • (pogróm) m

1. pogrom, massacre (a violent attack, massacre, or organized persecution directed against an ethnic, religious, social, or political group)

   Историците описват събитията като погром срещу местното население.

   Istoricite opisvat săbitijata kato pogrom sreštu mestnoto naselenie.

   Historians describe the events as a pogrom against the local population.

   След погрома много семейства напуснаха града.

   Sled pogroma mnogo semejstva napusnaha grada.

   After the pogrom, many families left the city.

   Властите бяха обвинени, че не са предотвратили погрома.

   Vlastite bjaha obvineni, če ne sa predotvratili pogroma.

   The authorities were accused of failing to prevent the pogrom.

   Разказите на оцелелите свидетелстват за жестокостта на погрома.

   Razkazite na ocelelite svidetelstvat za žestokostta na pogroma.

   The survivors’ accounts testify to the brutality of the pogrom.

2. devastation, destruction, ravaging, wrecking, ruin (violent and large-scale destruction, devastation, or wrecking of a place, institution, property, or group)

   След погрома улицата беше покрита със счупени стъкла.

   Sled pogroma ulicata beše pokrita săs sčupeni stăkla.

   After the devastation, the street was covered with broken glass.

   Бунтът завърши с погром над магазините в центъра.

   Buntăt zavărši s pogrom nad magazinite v centăra.

   The riot ended with the wrecking of shops in the centre.

   Погромът остави след себе си разрушени сгради и страх.

   Pogromăt ostavi sled sebe si razrušeni sgradi i strah.

   The devastation left behind destroyed buildings and fear.

   Тълпата извърши погром над редакцията на вестника.

   Tălpata izvărši pogrom nad redakcijata na vestnika.

   The mob carried out a violent attack on the newspaper office.

3. (figurative) rout, collapse, disaster, debacle (a complete defeat, collapse, or disastrous failure, especially in politics, sport, debate, or public life)

   Изборите се превърнаха в погром за управляващата партия.

   Izborite se prevărnaha v pogrom za upravljavaštata partija.

   The election turned into a crushing defeat for the ruling party.

   Отборът претърпя истински погром на финала.

   Otborăt pretărpja istinski pogrom na finala.

   The team suffered a real rout in the final.

   Дебатът беше политически погром за министъра.

   Debatăt beše političeski pogrom za ministăra.

   The debate was a political disaster for the minister.

   Новият законопроект завърши с парламентарен погром.

   Novijat zakonoproekt zavărši s parlamentaren pogrom.

   The new bill ended in a parliamentary debacle.

Declension

Declension of погро́м

	singular	plural
indefinite	погро́м pogróm	погро́ми pogrómi
definite (subject form)	погро́мът pogrómăt	погро́мите pogrómite
definite (object form)	погро́ма pogróma
count form	—	погро́ма pogróma

References

• “погром”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “погром”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔɡrɔm]

Noun

погром • (pogrom) m

1. pogrom, massacre

Declension

Declension of погром

	singular	plural
indefinite	погром (pogrom)	погроми (pogromi)
definite unspecified	погромот (pogromot)	погромите (pogromite)
definite proximal	погромов (pogromov)	погромиве (pogromive)
definite distal	погромон (pogromon)	погромине (pogromine)
vocative	погрому (pogromu)	погроми (pogromi)
count form	—	погрома (pogroma)

Russian

Alternative forms

• погро́мъ (pogróm) — pre-1918 spelling

Etymology

From по- (po-) +‎ громи́ть (gromítʹ, “to smash, to sack”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɐˈɡrom]

• Audio:

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Noun

погро́м • (pogróm) m inan (genitive погро́ма, nominative plural погро́мы, genitive plural погро́мов)

1. riot
2. pogrom, ethnic violence event

   евре́йский погро́м ― jevréjskij pogróm ― anti-Jewish pogrom

   • 1919, Владимир Ленин [Vladimir Lenin], “О погромной травле евреев”, in В. И. Ленин – Полное собрание сочинений, volume 38, published 1969, pages 242-243; English translation from “Anti-Jewish Pogroms”, in George Hanna, transl., Lenin’s Collected Works, volume 29, translation of original in Russian, 1974, pages 252 - 253:

     Ца́рская поли́ция в сою́зе с поме́щиками и капитали́стами устра́ивала евре́йские погро́мы.

     Cárskaja polícija v sojúze s poméščikami i kapitalístami ustráivala jevréjskije pogrómy.

     The tsarist police, in alliance with the landowners and the capitalists, organised pogroms against the Jews.

3. crushing defeat
4. (figuratively) mayhem, chaos, disorder

Declension

Declension of погро́м (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	погро́м pogróm	погро́мы pogrómy
genitive	погро́ма pogróma	погро́мов pogrómov
dative	погро́му pogrómu	погро́мам pogrómam
accusative	погро́м pogróm	погро́мы pogrómy
instrumental	погро́мом pogrómom	погро́мами pogrómami
prepositional	погро́ме pogróme	погро́мах pogrómax

Derived terms

• погро́мщик (pogrómščik), погро́мщица (pogrómščica)

Descendants

• → Yiddish: פּאָגראָם (pogrom)
  • → English: pogrom