языкъ

See also: ѩзꙑкъ and ꙗзꙑкъ

Kumyk

Etymology

From Common Turkic *yāzuk, from Common Turkic *yāz- (“to err; to make a mistake; to miss out”).

Adjective

языкъ • (yazıq)

1. paltry, miserable
2. poor, impoverished

   языкъ яшамакъ ― yazıq yaşamaq ― to live in poverty

Derived terms

• языгъы чыкъмакъ (yazığı çıqmaq, “to feel sorry for”)

Descendants

• → Avar: язихъ (jaziqx)

Further reading

• Бамматов Б.Г., editor (2013), “языкъ”, in Кумыкско-русский словарь [Kumyk–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ИЯЛИ ДНЦ РАН

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [(j)ɪˈzɨk]

Noun

язы́къ • (jazýk) m inan or m anim (genitive языка́, nominative plural языки́, genitive plural языко́въ)

1. Pre-1918 spelling of язы́к (jazýk).

Declension

Pre-reform declension of язы́къ (bian masc-form velar-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	язы́къ jazýk	языки́ jazykí
genitive	языка́ jazyká	языко́въ jazykóv
dative	языку́ jazykú	языка́мъ jazykám
accusative animate inanimate	языка́ jazyká	языко́въ jazykóv
	язы́къ jazýk	языки́ jazykí
instrumental	языко́мъ jazykóm	языка́ми jazykámi
prepositional	языкѣ́ jazykě́	языка́хъ jazykáx