език
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Bulgarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from earlier *inźūˀ-kas, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ези́к • (ezík) m (related adjective ези́чен or ези́ков)
- (anatomy) tongue, glossa
- tongue (of a shoe, bell, etc.), pawl, catch, clapper
- (system of communication using words or symbols) language, speech, tongue, lingo
- (the particular words used in speech or a passage of text) language, style, idiom, parlance, wording
- jargon, cant
Usage notes[edit]
- The derived adjective ези́чен (ezíčen) refers specifically to "tongue" while ези́ков (ezíkov) refers specifically to "language".
Declension[edit]
Declension of ези́к
Further reading[edit]
- език in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
Categories:
- Bulgarian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Bulgarian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Bulgarian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Bulgarian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Bulgarian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Bulgarian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Bulgarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Bulgarian lemmas
- Bulgarian nouns
- Bulgarian masculine nouns
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