точен

Bulgarian

Etymology

A merge between:

• Proto-Slavic *tъčьnъ (“acute, punctual”) (from the root of тъка́ (tǎká, “to thread”), то́ча (tóča, “to whet, to sharpen”)), which is formally expected to yield **тъчен;
• Proto-Slavic *točьnъ (“sprung, derivant”) (from the root of то́ча (tóča, “to drain”), ток (tok, “current”)).

The semantics of the modern term has been explicated with the advent of scientific rigour.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Adjective

то́чен • (tóčen) (abstract noun то́чност)

1. punctual, keen
2. exact, precise, accurate
3. clean-cut, clear-cut
4. right, punctual (of time or of a clock)
5. faithful, correct (of information, report, interpretation)
6. (figurative) appropriate, prompt, apt

Declension

Related terms

• то́чка (tóčka, “point, dot”)
  • то́чков (tóčkov, “dotted”)
• тъ́кмо (tǎ́kmo, “exactly, just”) (adverb)
• ток (tok, “current”)
  • и́зточен (íztočen, “eastern”)
  • отто́чен (ottóčen, “effluent”)
  • прото́чен (protóčen, “profluent”)
  • сто́чен (stóčen, “confluent”)

References

• “точен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “точен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tъčьnъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Adjective

точен • (točen) (comparative поточен, superlative најточен, abstract noun точност)

1. exact, precise, accurate
2. correct, true

Declension

Participle

точен • (točen)

1. masculine singular adjectival participle of точи (toči)
2. draught (e.g. draught beer)

Declension

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Adjective

то́чен • (tóčen)

1. short masculine singular of то́чный (tóčnyj)