язык

See also: яҙыҡ

Belarusian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic ꙗзꙑкъ (jazykŭ), from Proto-Slavic *(j)ęzykъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jaˈzɨk]

Noun

язы́к • (jazýk) m inanimate

  1. tongue (organ)

Usage notes

To translate language, use мо́ва (móva) instead.

Declension

References

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic ꙗзꙑкъ (jazykŭ), from Proto-Slavic *(j)ęzykъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • IPA(key): [(j)ɪˈzɨk]

Noun

язы́к • (jazýk) m inan, m anim (genitive языка́, nominative plural языки́, genitive plural языко́в)

  1. (inanimate) tongue
    на ко́нчике языка́ ― na kónčike jazyká ― on the tip of (one's) tongue
  2. (inanimate) language
  3. (inanimate) speech
  4. (animate, military, slang) prisoner for interrogation, canary, informer
  5. (inanimate) clapper (of a bell)

Declension

Declension of язы́к (bian masc-form velar-stem accent-b) 
singular plural
nominative язы́к
jazýk		 языки́
jazykí
genitive языка́
jazyká		 языко́в
jazykóv
dative языку́
jazykú		 языка́м
jazykám
accusative animate

inanimate		 языка́
jazyká		 языко́в
jazykóv
язы́к
jazýk		 языки́
jazykí
instrumental языко́м
jazykóm		 языка́ми
jazykámi
prepositional языке́
jazyké		 языка́х
jazykáx

Synonyms

  • речь (rečʹ) (spoken language (usually))

Derived terms

Rusyn

Etymology

From Old East Slavic ꙗзꙑкъ (jazykŭ), from Proto-Slavic *(j)ęzykъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ja.ˈzɨk/

Noun

язы́к • (jazŷ́k) m

  1. tongue
  2. language

Declension

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