толмач

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tъlmačь, from Proto-Turkic *tilmaç (compare Turkish dilmaç (“interpreter”)), from Proto-Turkic *til (“tongue”) (Turkish dil) + Proto-Turkic *-maç (“noun suffix”). Cognate with Slovene tolmač, Serbo-Croatian ту̀ма̄ч/tùmāč, Polish tłumacz (“translator”). Non-Slavic cognates include German Dolmetscher and Hungarian tolmács.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɐɫˈmat͡ɕ]

Noun

толма́ч • (tolmáč) m anim (genitive толмача́, nominative plural толмачи́, genitive plural толмаче́й)

1. interpreter

Declension

Declension of толма́ч (anim masc-form sibilant-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	толма́ч tolmáč	толмачи́ tolmačí
genitive	толмача́ tolmačá	толмаче́й tolmačéj
dative	толмачу́ tolmačú	толмача́м tolmačám
accusative	толмача́ tolmačá	толмаче́й tolmačéj
instrumental	толмачо́м tolmačóm	толмача́ми tolmačámi
prepositional	толмаче́ tolmačé	толмача́х tolmačáx

Synonyms

• перево́дчик (perevódčik)

Derived terms

• толмаческий (tolmačeskij, adjective)
• толмачить (tolmačitʹ, verb)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “толмач”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress