See also: яҙыҡ

Belarusian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Ruthenian ѧзы́къ (jazýk), from Old East Slavic ѧзꙑкъ (językŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ.

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  • IPA(key): [jaˈzɨk]
  • Rhymes: -ɨk
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: язык

Noun

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язы́к (jazýkm inan (genitive языка́, nominative plural языкі́, genitive plural языко́ў, relational adjective языко́вы, diminutive язычо́к)

  1. (anatomy) tongue (organ)
  2. (figuratively) speaking, speech (the ability to speak, to express one's thoughts in words)
  3. clapper (of a bell)
  4. (figuratively) any elongated object or tongue-like in shape

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Unlike Russian which uses язы́к (jazýk) to translate both tongue and language, in Belarusian мо́ва (móva) is used to translate language.

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язы́к (jazýkm pers (genitive языка́, nominative plural языкі́, genitive plural языко́ў)

  1. (colloquial, figuratively, military slang) canary, captive, informer (a prisoner who is captured specifically to obtain the necessary information about an enemy)

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References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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Inherited 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.

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язы́к (jazŷ́km (Zakarpattia, Prešov)

  1. tongue
  2. language
    Synonym: бесїда (besjida)

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Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited 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.

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язы́к (jazýkm inan or m anim (genitive языка́, nominative plural языки́, genitive plural языко́в, relational adjective языково́й or языко́вый or язы́чный, diminutive язычо́к)

  1. (inanimate) tongue
    на ко́нчике языка́na kónčike jazykáon 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.
  2. (inanimate) language
    ру́сский язы́кrússkij jazýkthe Russian language
  3. (animate, military, slang) prisoner for interrogation, canary, informer
  4. (inanimate) clapper (of a bell)
  5. (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.

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  • речь (rečʹ, speech, spoken language)

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