Russian

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Etymology

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First attested in the first half of 18th century. From игра́ (igrá, game) +‎ -ок (-ok).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɪˈɡrok]
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Noun

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игро́к (igrókm anim (genitive игрока́, nominative plural игроки́, genitive plural игроко́в)

  1. player
  2. gambler

Declension

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References

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  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “игра”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 334