толмач

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Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tъlmačь, from Proto-Turkic *tilmač (compare Turkish dilmaç (“interpreter”)), from Proto-Turkic *til (“tongue”) (Turkish dil) + Proto-Turkic *-mač (“noun suffix”). Cognate with Russian толма́ч (tolmáč), Slovene tolmač, Serbo-Croatian ту̀ма̄ч/tùmāč, Polish tłumacz (“translator”). Non-Slavic cognates include German Dolmetscher and Hungarian tolmács.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: тол‧мач

Noun

толмач • (tolmač) m (plural толмачи)

  1. (archaic) interpreter
    Synonym: толкувач (tolkuvač)

Declension

Declension of толмач
singular plural
indefinite толмач толмачи
definite unspecified толмачот толмачите
definite proximal толмачов толмачиве
definite distal толмачон толмачине
vocative толмачу толмачи
count form — толмача

References

  • “толмач” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tъlmačь, from Proto-Turkic *tilmač (compare Turkish dilmaç (“interpreter”)), from Proto-Turkic *til (“tongue”) (Turkish dil) + Proto-Turkic *-mač (“noun suffix”). Cognate with Macedonian толмач (tolmač), Slovene tolmač, Serbo-Croatian ту̀ма̄ч/tùmāč, Polish tłumacz (“translator”). Non-Slavic cognates include German Dolmetscher and Hungarian tolmács.

Pronunciation

Noun

толма́ч • (tolmáč) m anim (genitive толмача́, nominative plural толмачи́, genitive plural толмаче́й)

  1. (obsolete or ironic) interpreter
    Synonym: перево́дчик (perevódčik)

Declension

Declension of толма́ч (anim masc-form sibilant-stem accent-b) 
singular plural
nominative толма́ч
tolmáč 		толмачи́
tolmačí
genitive толмача́
tolmačá 		толмаче́й
tolmačéj
dative толмачу́
tolmačú 		толмача́м
tolmačám
accusative толмача́
tolmačá 		толмаче́й
tolmačéj
instrumental толмачо́м
tolmačóm 		толмача́ми
tolmačámi
prepositional толмаче́
tolmačé 		толмача́х
tolmačáx

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Ubykh: ҭалмашь (talmaš)

References

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