ворох

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vorxъ. Cognate with Ukrainian во́рох (vórox, “heap, pile”), also воро́ха (voróxa), Belarusian во́рох (vórox, “noise”), Bulgarian врах (vrah, “sheaves intended for threshing”), Polish zawroch (“blizzard, whirlwind”). More distantly cognate with Russian Church Slavonic врѣшти (vrěšti, “to hammer”) (1sg. вьрху (vĭrxu)), Bulgarian връха (vrǎha, “to hammer”), Slovene vršíti (“to trample sheaves with cattle”), Latvian vârsms (“grain spread out for threshing, pile of sieved grain”), Latin verrō (“to drag, to sweep”) (infinitive verrere), Ancient Greek ἔρρω (érrhō, “to walk with difficulty, to limp, to trudge”), Old High German wërran (“to confuse”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to drag along the ground”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvorəx]

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Noun

во́рох • (vórox) m inan (genitive во́роха, nominative plural вороха́ or во́рохи, genitive plural ворохо́в or во́рохов)

1. pile, heap

Declension

Declension of во́рох (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-c/a irreg) 

	singular	plural
nominative	во́рох vórox	вороха́△, во́рохи voroxá△, vóroxi
genitive	во́роха vóroxa	ворохо́в, во́рохов voroxóv, vóroxov
dative	во́роху vóroxu	вороха́м, во́рохам voroxám, vóroxam
accusative	во́рох vórox	вороха́△, во́рохи voroxá△, vóroxi
instrumental	во́рохом vóroxom	вороха́ми, во́рохами voroxámi, vóroxami
prepositional	во́рохе vóroxe	вороха́х, во́рохах voroxáx, vóroxax

^△ Irregular.

Related terms

• вороши́ть impf (vorošítʹ)

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vorxъ. Cognate with Russian во́рох (vórox, “heap, pile”), Belarusian во́рох (vórox, “noise”), Bulgarian врах (vrah, “sheaves intended for threshing”), Polish zawroch (“blizzard, whirlwind”). More distantly cognate with Russian Church Slavonic врѣшти (vrěšti, “to hammer”) (1sg. вьрху (vĭrxu)), Bulgarian връха (vrǎha, “to hammer”), Slovene vršíti (“to trample sheaves with cattle”), Latvian vârsms (“grain spread out for threshing, pile of sieved grain”), Latin verrō (“to drag, to sweep”) (infinitive verrere), Ancient Greek ἔρρω (érrhō, “to walk with difficulty, to limp, to trudge”), Old High German wërran (“to confuse”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to drag along the ground”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwɔrɔx]

Noun

во́рох • (vórox) m inan (genitive во́роху, nominative plural во́рохи, genitive plural во́рохів)

1. pile, heap

   Synonym: ку́па (kúpa)

Declension

Declension of во́рох (inan velar masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	во́рох vórox	во́рохи vóroxy
genitive	во́роху vóroxu	во́рохів vóroxiv
dative	во́рохові, во́роху vóroxovi, vóroxu	во́рохам vóroxam
accusative	во́рох vórox	во́рохи vóroxy
instrumental	во́рохом vóroxom	во́рохами vóroxamy
locative	во́роху vóroxu	во́рохах vóroxax
vocative	во́роху vóroxu	во́рохи vóroxy

Related terms

• воруши́ти impf (vorušýty)

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ворох”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “ворох”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “ворох”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka