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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ukrainian Залізня́к (Zaliznják), from залі́зо (zalízo, iron), cf. Железня́к (Železnják) of the same origin.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [zəlʲɪzʲˈnʲak]

Proper noun edit

Зализня́к (Zaliznjákm anim (genitive Зализняка́, nominative plural Зализняки́, genitive plural Зализняко́в)
Зализня́к (Zaliznjákf anim (indeclinable)

  1. a surname, Zaliznyak, from Ukrainian; particularly, Soviet and Russian linguist, an expert in historical linguistics, accentology, dialectology and grammar Andrey Zaliznyak, 29 April 1935, to 24 December 2017 (aged 82)
    Андре́й Зализня́кAndréj ZaliznjákAndrey Zaliznyak

Declension edit

  • Note: The feminine form is indeclinable.

See also edit