See also: тѧжькъ

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tęžьkъ.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /těːʒak/
  • Hyphenation: те‧жак

Adjective edit

те́жак (definite те̑шкӣ, comparative те̏жӣ, Latin spelling téžak)

  1. heavy, weighty
    Antonym: ла̏ган
  2. difficult (of a job)
    Antonym: ла̏ган
  3. unpleasant (of air)
  4. complex, difficult to understand (of a topic or subject)
Declension edit

Further reading edit

Etymology 2 edit

Derived by nominalization from the first etymology, originally denoting a person doing difficult tasks.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /těʒaːk/
  • Hyphenation: те‧жак

Noun edit

тѐжа̄к m (Latin spelling tèžāk)

  1. farmer, agriculturalist
  2. day laborer
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