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язык

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See also: яҙыҡ

Belarusian

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Alternative forms

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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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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язы́к • (jazýk) m 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

Usage notes

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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.

Declension

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Declension of язы́к (inan velar masc-form accent-b)
singular plural
nominative язы́к
jazýk 		языкі́
jazykí
genitive языка́
jazyká 		языко́ў
jazyków
dative языку́
jazykú 		языка́м
jazykám
accusative язы́к
jazýk 		языкі́
jazykí
instrumental языко́м
jazykóm 		языка́мі
jazykámi
locative языку́
jazykú 		языка́х
jazykáx
count form — языкі́1
jazykí1

1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Noun

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язы́к • (jazýk) m 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)

Declension

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Declension of язы́к (pr velar masc-form accent-b)
singular plural
nominative язы́к
jazýk 		языкі́
jazykí
genitive языка́
jazyká 		языко́ў
jazyków
dative языку́
jazykú 		языка́м
jazykám
accusative языка́
jazyká 		языко́ў
jazyków
instrumental языко́м
jazykóm 		языка́мі
jazykámi
locative языку́
jazykú 		языка́х
jazykáx
count form — языкі́1
jazykí1

1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

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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Alternative forms

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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.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /jaˈzɨk/
  • Rhymes: -ɨk
  • Hyphenation: язык

Noun

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язы́к • (jazŷ́k) m (Zakarpattia, Prešov)

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

Declension

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declension of язык
singular plural
nominative
(номінатів) 		язык языкы
genitive
(ґенітів) 		языка языків
dative
(датів) 		языку языкам/языкім
accusative
(акузатів) 		язык языкы
instrumental
(інштрументал) 		языкови языком
locative
(локал) 		языками языках/языкох
vocative
(вокатів) 		язык языкы
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Russian

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Язык (sense 1)
Russian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ru

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic ѧзꙑкъ (językŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from Early Proto-Slavic *inzū́kus, Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀkas, from earlier *dinźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s, whence English tongue and Latin lingua, whence language.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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язы́к • (jazýk) m 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 языка́ ― na kónčike jazyká ― on 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 язы́к ― rússkij jazýk ― the 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.

Declension

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Declension of язы́к (bian masc-form velar-stem accent-b) 
singular plural
nominative язы́к
jazýk 		языки́
jazykí
genitive языка́
jazyká 		языко́в
jazykóv
dative языку́
jazykú 		языка́м
jazykám
accusative animate языка́
jazyká 		языко́в
jazykóv
inanimate язы́к
jazýk 		языки́
jazykí
instrumental языко́м
jazykóm 		языка́ми
jazykámi
prepositional языке́
jazyké 		языка́х
jazykáx

Synonyms

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  • речь (rečʹ, “speech, spoken language”)

Derived terms

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Compound words:

-язы́чный
языко-

Compounds:

Phrases
Proverbs
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Close related:

Borrowed

Related via Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s:

Further reading

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