яки

яки • (äki)

1. or

• я (ä)

Inherited from Old Slovak jaký, from Proto-Slavic *jakъ. Cognates include Belarusian які́ (jakí), Carpathian Rusyn якы́й (jakŷ́j), Czech jaký, Polish jaki, Slovak aký and Ukrainian яки́й (jakýj). By surface analysis, як (jak) +‎ ки (ki).

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• Rhymes: -aki
• Hyphenation: яки

яки (jaki)

1. what (what kind of)

   гоч яки ― hoč jaki ― whatever; any

   яки є роботнїк? ― jaki je robotnjik? ― what kind of worker is he?

2. (sometimes sarcastic) what a! how! (used at the beginning of a clause for emphasis)

   яка ми бриґa ― jaka mi briga ― I don't really care (literally, “what a surprise to me”)

   яке вaжнe ― jake važne ― so very important

   яки є барз нєдобри! ― jaki je barz njedobri! ― how very naughty he is!

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “яки”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “what”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 374

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я́ки • (jáki) m anim pl

1. nominative plural of як (jak)

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я́ки • (jáky)

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of як (jak)