dubok
English
Noun
dubok (plural duboks)
- (espionage) A dead drop.
- 1947, Hearst's International Combined with Cosmopolitan:
- And then there are the duboks. Every Red Army intelligence agent abroad is assigned the task of finding duboks in the city where he is stationed. A dubok is a hiding place for anything that may be exchanged in espionage work […]
- 1955, David J. Dallin, Soviet Espionage, page 509:
- Meantime, in addition to the active agents, scores of others wait expectantly, always on the alert; scores of yavkas operate; scores of duboks are maintained; exchange of personnel goes on constantly.
- 1981, H. Montgomery Hyde, The Atom Bomb Spies, page 91:
- […] was unable to remember the spy's cover name but he did not attach much importance to this, since, as he pointed out, cover names, like duboks, were changed from time to time.
- 2011, Chapman Pincher, Treachery: Betrayals, Blunders and Cover-Ups:
- His couriers should communicate with him through duboks – hiding places where messages could be left or collected, also called 'dead letterboxes' […]
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *glǫbokъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dǔbok/
- Hyphenation: du‧bok
Declension
positive indefinite forms
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dubok | duboka | duboko | |
| genitive | duboka | duboke | duboka | |
| dative | duboku | dubokoj | duboku | |
| accusative | inanimate animate |
dubok duboka |
duboku | duboko |
| vocative | dubok | duboka | duboko | |
| locative | duboku | dubokoj | duboku | |
| instrumental | dubokim | dubokom | dubokim | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | duboki | duboke | duboka | |
| genitive | dubokih | dubokih | dubokih | |
| dative | dubokim(a) | dubokim(a) | dubokim(a) | |
| accusative | duboke | duboke | duboka | |
| vocative | duboki | duboke | duboka | |
| locative | dubokim(a) | dubokim(a) | dubokim(a) | |
| instrumental | dubokim(a) | dubokim(a) | dubokim(a) | |
positive definite forms
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | duboki | duboka | duboko | |
| genitive | dubokog(a) | duboke | dubokog(a) | |
| dative | dubokom(u/e) | dubokoj | dubokom(u/e) | |
| accusative | inanimate animate |
duboki dubokog(a) |
duboku | duboko |
| vocative | duboki | duboka | duboko | |
| locative | dubokom(e/u) | dubokoj | dubokom(e/u) | |
| instrumental | dubokim | dubokom | dubokim | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | duboki | duboke | duboka | |
| genitive | dubokih | dubokih | dubokih | |
| dative | dubokim(a) | dubokim(a) | dubokim(a) | |
| accusative | duboke | duboke | duboka | |
| vocative | duboki | duboke | duboka | |
| locative | dubokim(a) | dubokim(a) | dubokim(a) | |
| instrumental | dubokim(a) | dubokim(a) | dubokim(a) | |
comparative forms
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dublji | dublja | dublje | |
| genitive | dubljeg(a) | dublje | dubljeg(a) | |
| dative | dubljem(u) | dubljoj | dubljem(u) | |
| accusative | inanimate animate |
dublji dubljeg(a) |
dublju | dublje |
| vocative | dublji | dublja | dublje | |
| locative | dubljem(u) | dubljoj | dubljem(u) | |
| instrumental | dubljim | dubljom | dubljim | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | dublji | dublje | dublja | |
| genitive | dubljih | dubljih | dubljih | |
| dative | dubljim(a) | dubljim(a) | dubljim(a) | |
| accusative | dublje | dublje | dublja | |
| vocative | dublji | dublje | dublja | |
| locative | dubljim(a) | dubljim(a) | dubljim(a) | |
| instrumental | dubljim(a) | dubljim(a) | dubljim(a) | |
superlative forms
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | najdublji | najdublja | najdublje | |
| genitive | najdubljeg(a) | najdublje | najdubljeg(a) | |
| dative | najdubljem(u) | najdubljoj | najdubljem(u) | |
| accusative | inanimate animate |
najdublji najdubljeg(a) |
najdublju | najdublje |
| vocative | najdublji | najdublja | najdublje | |
| locative | najdubljem(u) | najdubljoj | najdubljem(u) | |
| instrumental | najdubljim | najdubljom | najdubljim | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | najdublji | najdublje | najdublja | |
| genitive | najdubljih | najdubljih | najdubljih | |
| dative | najdubljim(a) | najdubljim(a) | najdubljim(a) | |
| accusative | najdublje | najdublje | najdublja | |
| vocative | najdublji | najdublje | najdublja | |
| locative | najdubljim(a) | najdubljim(a) | najdubljim(a) | |
| instrumental | najdubljim(a) | najdubljim(a) | najdubljim(a) | |
Further reading
- “dubok” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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