език

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *(j)ęzykъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛˈzik]

Noun

езѝк • (ezìk) m

1. (anatomy) tongue, glossa
2. tongue (of a shoe, bell, etc.), pawl, catch, clapper
3. (system of communication using words or symbols) language, speech, tongue, lingo
4. (the particular words used in speech or a passage of text) language, style, idiom, parlance, wording
5. jargon, cant

Inflection

Inflection of език

	singular	plural
indefinite	език	езици
definite (subject form)	езикът	езиците
definite (object form)	езика
count form	—	езика
vocative form	езико	езици

Further reading

• “език”, in Речник на българския език, 2018