jazyk
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Czech jazyk, from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. Compare Polish język, Slovak jazyk, Russian язы́к (jazýk).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jazyk m inan (related adjective jazykový)
- (anatomy) tongue (the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth of a mammal)
- a thing resembling a tongue
- language (a method of interhuman communication)
- language, tongue (the conventional system of communication used by a particular community)
- language (the parlance of a particular specialist field)
- language (a particular style or manner of expression; idiom)
Declension edit
Synonyms edit
- (language): řeč
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Old Czech edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jazyk m inan
- (anatomy) tongue (the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth of a mammal)
- language (a method of interhuman communication)
- býti jednoho jazyka ― to be honest
- jazyk všaký ― all nations
Declension edit
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | jazyk | jazyky | jazyci, jazykové |
| genitive | jazyka, jazyku | jazykú | jazykóv |
| dative | jazyku | jazykoma | jazykóm |
| accusative | jazyk | jazyky | jazyky |
| vocative | jazyče | jazyky | jazyci, jazykové |
| locative | jazycě, jazyku | jazykú | jazyciech |
| instrumental | jazykem | jazykoma | jazyky |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Descendants edit
- Czech: jazyk
Further reading edit
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “jazyk”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Old Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. First attested in 1474.
Noun edit
jazyk m inan
- tongue (flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech)
- tongue (any long object resembling a tongue)
- language (body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication)
Descendants edit
References edit
- Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “jazyk”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC
Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Slovak jazyk, from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. Compare Polish język, Czech jazyk.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jazyk m inan (genitive singular jazyka, nominative plural jazyky, genitive plural jazykov, declension pattern of dub)
- (anatomy) tongue (the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth of a mammal)
- a thing resembling a tongue
- language (a method of interhuman communication)
- language, tongue (the conventional system of communication used by a particular community)
- language (the parlance of a particular specialist field)
- language (a particular style or manner of expression; idiom)
Declension edit
Synonyms edit
- (language): reč
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “jazyk”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Upper Sorbian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jazyk m inan
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- “jazyk” in Soblex