толмач
Macedonian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tъlmačь, from Proto-Turkic *tilmač (compare Turkish dilmaç (“interpreter”)), from Proto-Turkic *til (“tongue”) (Turkish dil) + Proto-Turkic *-mač (“noun suffix”). Cognate with Russian толма́ч (tolmáč), Slovene tolmač, Serbo-Croatian ту̀ма̄ч/tùmāč, Polish tłumacz (“translator”). Non-Slavic cognates include German Dolmetscher and Hungarian tolmács.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
толмач • (tolmač) m (plural толмачи)
- (archaic) interpreter
- Synonym: толкувач (tolkuvač)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
- толмачи impf (tolmači), протолмачи pf (protolmači)
References edit
- “толмач” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
Russian edit
Alternative forms edit
- толма́чъ (tolmáč) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tъlmačь, from Proto-Turkic *tilmač (compare Turkish dilmaç (“interpreter”)), from Proto-Turkic *til (“tongue”) (Turkish dil) + Proto-Turkic *-mač (“noun suffix”). Cognate with Macedonian толмач (tolmač), Slovene tolmač, Serbo-Croatian ту̀ма̄ч/tùmāč, Polish tłumacz (“translator”). Non-Slavic cognates include German Dolmetscher and Hungarian tolmács.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
толма́ч • (tolmáč) m anim (genitive толмача́, nominative plural толмачи́, genitive plural толмаче́й)
- interpreter
- Synonym: перево́дчик (perevódčik)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- толмаческий (tolmačeskij, adjective)
- толмачить (tolmačitʹ, verb)
Descendants edit
- → Ubykh: ҭалмашь (talmaš)
References edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “толмач”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress