jezik

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

jèzik m (Cyrillic spelling јѐзик)

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. language

Declension

Declension of jezik

	singular	plural
nominative	jèzik	jezici
genitive	jezika	jȅzīkā
dative	jeziku	jezicima
accusative	jezik	jezike
vocative	jeziče	jezici
locative	jeziku	jezicima
instrumental	jezikom	jezicima

Related terms

• jezíčak
• jèzičkī
• jèzičnī

 

Further reading

• “jezik” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɛ̀ːzik/

Noun

jézik m inan

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. language

Inflection

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, portal Fran