терикон

Ukrainian

Терикон у Горлівському районі

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin terra (“land”) and Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone”). Melnychuk claims a borrowing from French terriconique. Compare Russian террико́н (terrikón), Belarusian тэрыко́н (terykón).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tereˈkɔn]

Noun

терико́н • (terykón) m inan (genitive терико́ну, nominative plural терико́ни, genitive plural терико́нів)

1. slag heap, spoil heap, spoil tip (heap formed of material discarded during mining or excavation)

Declension

Declension of терико́н (inan hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	терико́н terykón	терико́ни terykóny
genitive	терико́ну terykónu	терико́нів terykóniv
dative	терико́нові, терико́ну terykónovi, terykónu	терико́нам terykónam
accusative	терико́н terykón	терико́ни terykóny
instrumental	терико́ном terykónom	терико́нами terykónamy
locative	терико́ні terykóni	терико́нах terykónax
vocative	терико́не terykóne	терико́ни terykóny

References

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

Further reading

• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “терикон”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “терикон”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “терикон”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “терикон”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)