dubok

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian дубо́к (dubók), from дуб (dub, “oak tree”).

Noun

dubok (plural duboks)

1. (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

Adjective

dùbok (Cyrillic spelling ду̀бок, definite dùbokī, comparative dȕbljī)

1. deep

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 [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025