кіборг

Ukrainian

Etymology

An internationalism, see cyborg#English.

The sense "a brave warrior" comes from a nickname that a pro-Russian soldier gave to Ukrainian defenders of the Donetsk airport, see the English Wikipedia page for more.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkʲibɔrɦ]

Noun

кі́борг • (kíborh) m pers (genitive кі́борга, nominative plural кі́борги, genitive plural кі́боргів)

  1. cyborg
  2. (figuratively) an exceptionally brave and sturdy warrior

Declension

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Further reading
  • Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2016), “кі́борг”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 7 (кварта́л – кя́хтинський), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
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