jezik

See also: Ježík

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from Early Proto-Slavic *inzū́kos, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūkas, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀs, from earlier *dinźūˀs, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jězik/
• Hyphenation: je‧zik

Noun

jèzik m inan (Cyrillic spelling јѐзик, relational adjective jèzičkī or jèzičnī)

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. language

   Bugarski nije pravi slovenski jezik, zbog svojih članova. ― Bulgarian is not a true Slavic language, because of its articles.

   Francuski i rumun(j)ski prim(j)etno su drugačiji od ostalih romanskih jezika. ― French and Romanian are noticeably different from the other Romance languages.

Declension

Declension of jezik

	singular	plural
nominative	jèzik	jèzici
genitive	jèzika	jȅzīkā
dative	jèziku	jèzicima
accusative	jèzik	jèzike
vocative	jèziče	jèzici
locative	jèziku	jèzicima
instrumental	jèzikom	jèzicima

Related terms

• jezíčak
• jèzičkī
• jèzičnī

Further reading

• “jezik”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ. First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɛ̀ːzik/

Noun

jézik m inan

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. language

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	jêzik
gen. sing.	jezíka
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	jêzik	jezíka	jezíki
genitive (rodȋlnik)	jezíka	jezíkov	jezíkov
dative (dajȃlnik)	jezíku	jezíkoma	jezíkom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	jêzik	jezíka	jezíke
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	jezíku	jezíkih	jezíkih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	jezíkom	jezíkoma	jezíki

Derived terms

• jezikoven
• jezikovni tečaj

Further reading

• “jezik”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026