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язык

язык

Belarusian

Noun

язы́к (jazýk) m inanimate

  1. tongue

Declension


Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic ꙗзꙑкъ (jazykŭ), from Proto-Slavic *(j)ęzykъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [(j)ɪˈzɨk]

Noun

язы́к (jazýk) m inan, m anim (genitive языка́, nominative plural языки́, genitive plural языко́в)

  1. (inanimate) tongue
    на ко́нчике языка́na kónčike jazyká ― on the tip of (one's) tongue
  2. (inanimate) language
  3. (inanimate) speech
  4. (animate, military, slang) prisoner for interrogation, canary, informer
  5. (inanimate) clapper (of a bell)

Declension

Synonyms

  • речь (rečʹ) (spoken language (usually))

Derived terms


Rusyn

Etymology

From Old East Slavic ꙗзꙑкъ (jazykŭ), from Proto-Slavic *(j)ęzykъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ja.ˈzɨk/

Noun

язы́к (jazŷ́k) m

  1. tongue
  2. language

Declension

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