язык
Belarusian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Ruthenian ѧзы́къ (jazýk), from Old East Slavic ѧзꙑкъ (językŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editязы́к • (jazýk) m inan (genitive языка́, nominative plural языкі́, genitive plural языко́ў, relational adjective языко́вы, diminutive язычо́к)
- (anatomy) tongue (organ)
- (figuratively) speaking, speech (the ability to speak, to express one's thoughts in words)
- clapper (of a bell)
- (figuratively) any elongated object or tongue-like in shape
Usage notes
editUnlike Russian which uses язы́к (jazýk) to translate both tongue and language, in Belarusian мо́ва (móva) is used to translate language.
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | язы́к jazýk |
языкі́ jazykí |
genitive | языка́ jazyká |
языко́ў jazykóŭ |
dative | языку́ jazykú |
языка́м jazykám |
accusative | язы́к jazýk |
языкі́ jazykí |
instrumental | языко́м jazykóm |
языка́мі jazykámi |
locative | языку́ jazykú |
языка́х jazykáx |
count form | — | языкі́1 jazykí1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Noun
editязы́к • (jazýk) m pers (genitive языка́, nominative plural языкі́, genitive plural языко́ў)
- (colloquial, figuratively, military slang) canary, captive, informer (a prisoner who is captured specifically to obtain the necessary information about an enemy)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | язы́к jazýk |
языкі́ jazykí |
genitive | языка́ jazyká |
языко́ў jazykóŭ |
dative | языку́ jazykú |
языка́м jazykám |
accusative | языка́ jazyká |
языко́ў jazykóŭ |
instrumental | языко́м jazykóm |
языка́мі jazykámi |
locative | языку́ jazykú |
языка́х jazykáx |
count form | — | языкі́1 jazykí1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
edit- “язык”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “язык” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Carpathian Rusyn
editAlternative forms
edit- язик (jazyk)
Etymology
editInherited from Old Ruthenian ѧзы́къ (jazýk), from Old East Slavic ѧзꙑкъ (językŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀkas, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editязы́к • (jazŷ́k) m (Zakarpattia, Prešov)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative (номінатів) |
язык | языкы |
genitive (ґенітів) |
языка | языків |
dative (датів) |
языку | языкам/языкім |
accusative (акузатів) |
язык | языкы |
instrumental (інштрументал) |
языкови | языком |
locative (локал) |
языками | языках/языкох |
vocative (вокатів) |
язык | языкы |
Related terms
edit- языкатый (jazŷkatŷj)
- языковый (jazŷkovŷj)
- языкознавець (jazŷkoznavecʹ)
- языкознатель (jazŷkoznatelʹ)
- языча (jazŷča)
- язычник (jazŷčnyk)
- язычок (jazŷčok)
Russian
editAlternative forms
edit- язы́къ (jazýk) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
- езы́к (jezýk) (internet slang)
Etymology
editInherited from Old East Slavic ѧзꙑкъ (językŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀkas, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s, whence English tongue and language.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editязы́к • (jazýk) m inan or m anim (genitive языка́, nominative plural языки́, genitive plural языко́в, relational adjective языково́й or языко́вый or язы́чный, diminutive язычо́к)
- (inanimate) tongue
- на ко́нчике языка́ ― na kónčike jazyká ― on the tip of (one's) tongue
- У него́ язы́к без косте́й. ― U nevó jazýk bez kostéj. ― He's a big mouth / blabbermouth / waffler / rambler / talks too much. (Used to describe someone who talks a load of nonsense.) (literally, “He has a tongue without bones.”)
- 2006, Владимир Сорокин, День опричника, Москва: Захаров; English translation from Jamey Gambrell, transl., Day of the Oprichnik, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011:
- Погода снова вокруг танцует, плечами, как девка срамная, покачивает, подмигивает, язык розовый показывает.
- Pogoda snova vokrug tancujet, plečami, kak devka sramnaja, pokačivajet, podmigivajet, jazyk rozovyj pokazyvajet.
- Pogoda dances around, mincing like a tart. He rocks back and forth, sticks out his pink tongue.
- (inanimate) language
- ру́сский язы́к ― rússkij jazýk ― the Russian language
- (animate, military, slang) prisoner for interrogation, canary, informer
- (inanimate) clapper (of a bell)
- (animate, Middle Russian, obsolete) interpreter
- XVI-XVII century, Странник игумена Даниила (Pilgrimage of Hegumen Daniel):
- […] невъзможно бо безъ вожа ходити и безъ ꙗзыка испытати и видѣти всѣхъ тѣхъ свѧтыхъ местъ.
- […] nevʺzmožno bo bez voža xoditi i bez jazyka ispytati i viděti vsěx těx svjatyx mest.
- […] for it is impossible without a guide to walk [there] or without an interpreter to see all these holy places.
- XVI-XVII century, Странник игумена Даниила (Pilgrimage of Hegumen Daniel):
Declension
editSynonyms
edit- речь (rečʹ, “speech, spoken language”)
Derived terms
edit- иноязы́чный (inojazýčnyj)
- языкове́д m (jazykovéd)
- языко́вый (jazykóvyj)
- языкозна́ние n (jazykoznánije)
- язы́чник m (jazýčnik)
- многоязы́чный (mnogojazýčnyj)
- русскоязы́чный (russkojazýčnyj)
- англоязы́чный (anglojazýčnyj)
- Belarusian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Belarusian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Belarusian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Belarusian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Belarusian terms inherited from Old Ruthenian
- Belarusian terms derived from Old Ruthenian
- Belarusian terms inherited from Old East Slavic
- Belarusian terms derived from Old East Slavic
- Belarusian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Belarusian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Belarusian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Belarusian/ɨk
- Rhymes:Belarusian/ɨk/2 syllables
- Belarusian terms with audio pronunciation
- Belarusian lemmas
- Belarusian nouns
- Belarusian masculine nouns
- Belarusian inanimate nouns
- be:Anatomy
- Belarusian velar-stem masculine-form nouns
- Belarusian velar-stem masculine-form accent-b nouns
- Belarusian nouns with accent pattern b
- Belarusian personal nouns
- Belarusian colloquialisms
- Belarusian military slang
- be:Body parts
- Carpathian Rusyn terms inherited from Old Ruthenian
- Carpathian Rusyn terms derived from Old Ruthenian
- Carpathian Rusyn terms inherited from Old East Slavic
- Carpathian Rusyn terms derived from Old East Slavic
- Carpathian Rusyn terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Carpathian Rusyn terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Carpathian Rusyn terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Carpathian Rusyn terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Carpathian Rusyn terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Carpathian Rusyn terms with IPA pronunciation
- Carpathian Rusyn lemmas
- Carpathian Rusyn nouns
- Carpathian Rusyn masculine nouns
- Prešov Rusyn
- rue:Body parts
- rue:Communication
- Russian terms inherited from Old East Slavic
- Russian terms derived from Old East Slavic
- Russian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Russian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Russian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Russian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Russian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Russian 2-syllable words
- Russian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Russian terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Russian/ɨk
- Rhymes:Russian/ɨk/2 syllables
- Russian lemmas
- Russian nouns
- Russian masculine nouns
- Russian inanimate nouns
- Russian animate nouns
- Russian nouns with multiple animacies
- Russian terms with usage examples
- Russian terms with quotations
- ru:Military
- Russian slang
- Middle Russian
- Russian terms with obsolete senses
- Russian velar-stem masculine-form nouns
- Russian velar-stem masculine-form accent-b nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern b
- ru:Body parts
- ru:Language