художник

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic художьникъ (xudožĭnikŭ, “artist, painter, master”), from худогъ (xudogŭ, “skillful, knacky; experienced; versed, adept, conversant; lucky”), from Proto-Slavic *xǫdogъ, from a reflex of Proto-Germanic *handugaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xʊˈdoʐnʲɪk]

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Noun

худо́жник • (xudóžnik) m anim (genitive худо́жника, nominative plural худо́жники, genitive plural худо́жников, feminine худо́жница)

1. artist, painter

Declension

Declension of худо́жник (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	худо́жник xudóžnik	худо́жники xudóžniki
genitive	худо́жника xudóžnika	худо́жников xudóžnikov
dative	худо́жнику xudóžniku	худо́жникам xudóžnikam
accusative	худо́жника xudóžnika	худо́жников xudóžnikov
instrumental	худо́жником xudóžnikom	худо́жниками xudóžnikami
prepositional	худо́жнике xudóžnike	худо́жниках xudóžnikax

Related terms

• худо́жественный (xudóžestvennyj)
• худо́жество (xudóžestvo)
• худо́жественно (xudóžestvenno)

See also

• арти́ст (artíst)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) , “худогий”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubačóv, Moscow: Progress
• Černyx, P. Ja. (1999) , “художник”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 359
• Sreznevskij, I. I. (1912) , “художьникъ”, in Materialy dlja slovarja drevne-russkago jazyka po pisʹmennym pamjatnikam [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old Russian Language According to Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 3, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 1415

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic художьникъ (xudožĭnikŭ, “artist, painter, master”), from худогъ (xudogŭ, “skillful, knacky; experienced; versed, adept, conversant; lucky”), from Proto-Slavic *xǫdogъ, from a reflex of Proto-Germanic *handuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xʊˈdɔʒnek]

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Noun

худо́жник • (xudóžnyk) m pers (genitive худо́жника, nominative plural худо́жники, genitive plural худо́жників, feminine худо́жниця)

1. artist, painter

Declension

Declension of худо́жник (pers velar masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	худо́жник xudóžnyk	худо́жники xudóžnyky
genitive	худо́жника xudóžnyka	худо́жників xudóžnykiv
dative	худо́жникові, худо́жнику xudóžnykovi, xudóžnyku	худо́жникам xudóžnykam
accusative	худо́жника xudóžnyka	худо́жників xudóžnykiv
instrumental	худо́жником xudóžnykom	худо́жниками xudóžnykamy
locative	худо́жникові, худо́жнику xudóžnykovi, xudóžnyku	худо́жниках xudóžnykax
vocative	худо́жнику xudóžnyku	худо́жники xudóžnyky

References

• художник in Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980) Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka