вкус

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic въкоусъ (vŭkusŭ). Morphologically formed as в- (v-) +‎ Proto-Slavic *kusъ (probe, trial).

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Noun

вкус (vkusm (relational adjective вку́сов)

  1. taste, flavour, savour, smack (sensory feeling perceived through the tongue via contact with the percept)
    Hypernym: у́сет (úset)
  2. (figurative) taste, preference
    добъ́р вкусdobǎ́r vkusgood taste

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References

  • вкус”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • вкус”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вкус”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 160

Macedonian

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Noun

вкус (vkusm (plural вкусови, relational adjective вкусен)

  1. taste (also used figuratively)

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Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic въкоусъ (vŭkusŭ), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kusъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

вкус (vkusm inan (genitive вку́са, nominative plural вку́сы, genitive plural вку́сов, relational adjective вкусово́й)

  1. taste (one of the sensations produced by the tongue)
    по вку́суpo vkúsuto taste (when adding spices)
    на вкус и цвет това́рищей нет (proverb)na vkus i cvet továriščej netthere's no accounting for taste
    о вку́сах не спо́рят (proverb)o vkúsax ne spórjatevery man to his taste
  2. flavour/flavor, fancy
  3. style, manner

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Descendants

  • Czech: vkus

See also

Basic tastes in Russian · вку́сы (vkúsy) (layout · text)
сла́дкий (sládkij) ки́слый (kíslyj) солёный (soljónyj) го́рький (górʹkij) о́стрый (óstryj) пика́нтный (pikántnyj)

References

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

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Deverbal from вкуси́ти (vkusýty).

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Noun

вкус (vkusm inan (genitive вку́су, nominative plural вку́си, genitive plural вку́сів)

  1. Alternative form of уку́с (ukús)

Usage notes

  • The forms вкус (vkus) (used after vowels) and уку́с (ukús) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.

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