"зэк" meaning in Russian

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Noun

IPA: [zɛk] Audio: Ru-зэк.ogg
Etymology: Shortening of заключённый каналоармеец (zaključónnyj kanaloarmejec), via the initialism З-К. Заключённый is the adjective "prisoner". Каналоармеец, "member of the canal army", was coined in an analogy with the words красноармеец meaning "member of the Red Army" or трудоармеец (member of a labor army). In 1932, when Anastas Mikoyan visited the construction of the White Sea – Baltic Canal, Lazar Kogan told him "Comrade Mikoyan, how shall we call them? (…) I thought up the word: 'kanaloarmeyets'. What do you think?" Mikoyan approved it." Etymology templates: {{m|ru|заключённый каналоармеец|}} заключённый каналоармеец (zaključónnyj kanaloarmejec), {{lang|ru|Беломорско-Балтийский кана́л и́мени Сталина. Исто́рия строи́тельства}} Беломорско-Балтийский кана́л и́мени Сталина. Исто́рия строи́тельства Head templates: {{ru-noun+|a=an|adj=зэ́ковский|f=зэ́чка}} зэк • (zɛk) m anim (genitive зэ́ка, nominative plural зэ́ки, genitive plural зэ́ков, feminine зэ́чка, relational adjective зэ́ковский) Forms: zɛk [romanization], зэ́ка [genitive], зэ́ки [nominative, plural], зэ́ков [genitive, plural], зэ́чка [feminine], зэ́ковский [adjective, relational], no-table-tags [table-tags], зэ́к [nominative, singular], зэ́ки [nominative, plural], зэ́ка [genitive, singular], зэ́ков [genitive, plural], зэ́ку [dative, singular], зэ́кам [dative, plural], зэ́ка [accusative, singular], зэ́ков [accusative, plural], зэ́ком [instrumental, singular], зэ́ками [instrumental, plural], зэ́ке [prepositional, singular], зэ́ках [plural, prepositional]
  1. (colloquial) convict, inmate Wikipedia link: ru:зэк Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): People, Prison Synonyms: ЗеКа, ЗК, зек (zɛk)

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