язык
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See also: яҙыҡ
Belarusian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian ѧзы́къ (jazýk), from Old East Slavic ѧзꙑкъ (językŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
язы́к • (jazýk) m inan (genitive языка́, nominative plural языкі́, genitive plural языко́ў, relational adjective языко́вы, diminutive язычо́к)
- (anatomy) tongue (organ)
- (figuratively) speaking, speech (the ability to speak, to express one's thoughts in words)
- clapper (of a bell)
- (figuratively) any elongated object or tongue-like in shape
Usage notes
Unlike Russian which uses язы́к (jazýk) to translate both tongue and language, in Belarusian мо́ва (móva) is used to translate language.
Declension
Declension of язы́к (inan velar masc-form accent-b)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Noun
язы́к • (jazýk) m pers (genitive языка́, nominative plural языкі́, genitive plural языко́ў)
- (colloquial, figuratively, military slang) canary, captive, informer (a prisoner who is captured specifically to obtain the necessary information about an enemy)
Declension
Declension of язы́к (pr velar masc-form accent-b)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “язык”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “язык” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Carpathian Rusyn
Alternative forms
- язик (jazyk)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian ѧзы́къ (jazýk), from Old East Slavic ѧзꙑкъ (językŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀkas, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.
Pronunciation
Noun
язы́к • (jazŷ́k) m (Zakarpattia, Prešov)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative (номінатів) |
язык | языкы |
genitive (ґенітів) |
языка | языків |
dative (датів) |
языку | языкам/языкім |
accusative (акузатів) |
язык | языкы |
instrumental (інштрументал) |
языкови | языком |
locative (локал) |
языками | языках/языкох |
vocative (вокатів) |
язык | языкы |
declension of язык
Related terms
Russian
Alternative forms
- язы́къ (jazýk) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
- езы́к (jezýk) (internet slang)
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic ѧзꙑкъ (językŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀkas, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s, whence English tongue and language.
Pronunciation
Noun
язы́к • (jazýk) m inan or m anim (genitive языка́, nominative plural языки́, genitive plural языко́в, relational adjective языково́й or языко́вый or язы́чный, diminutive язычо́к)
- (inanimate) tongue
- на ко́нчике языка́ ― na kónčike jazyká ― on the tip of (one's) tongue
- У него́ язы́к без косте́й. ― U nevó jazýk bez kostéj. ― He's a big mouth / blabbermouth / waffler / rambler / talks too much. (Used to describe someone who talks a load of nonsense.) (literally, “He has a tongue without bones.”)
- 2006, Владимир Сорокин, День опричника, Москва: Захаров; English translation from Jamey Gambrell, transl., Day of the Oprichnik, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011:
- Погода снова вокруг танцует, плечами, как девка срамная, покачивает, подмигивает, язык розовый показывает.
- Pogoda snova vokrug tancujet, plečami, kak devka sramnaja, pokačivajet, podmigivajet, jazyk rozovyj pokazyvajet.
- Pogoda dances around, mincing like a tart. He rocks back and forth, sticks out his pink tongue.
- (inanimate) language
- ру́сский язы́к ― rússkij jazýk ― the Russian language
- (animate, military, slang) prisoner for interrogation, canary, informer
- (inanimate) clapper (of a bell)
- (animate, Middle Russian, obsolete) interpreter
- XVI-XVII century, Странник игумена Даниила (Pilgrimage of Hegumen Daniel):
- […] невъзможно бо безъ вожа ходити и безъ ꙗзыка испытати и видѣти всѣхъ тѣхъ свѧтыхъ местъ.
- […] nevʺzmožno bo bez voža xoditi i bez jazyka ispytati i viděti vsěx těx svjatyx mest.
- […] for it is impossible without a guide to walk [there] or without an interpreter to see all these holy places.
- XVI-XVII century, Странник игумена Даниила (Pilgrimage of Hegumen Daniel):
Declension
Synonyms
- речь (rečʹ, “speech, spoken language”)
Derived terms
- иноязы́чный (inojazýčnyj)
- языкове́д m (jazykovéd)
- языко́вый (jazykóvyj)
- языкозна́ние n (jazykoznánije)
- язы́чник m (jazýčnik)
- многоязы́чный (mnogojazýčnyj)
- русскоязы́чный (russkojazýčnyj)
- англоязы́чный (anglojazýčnyj)
Further reading
- язык in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
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