jazyk

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Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech jazyk, from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. Compare Polish język, Slovak jazyk, Russian язы́к (jazýk).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ja‧zyk

Noun

jazyk m inan (related adjective jazykový)

  1. (anatomy) tongue (the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth of a mammal)
  2. a thing resembling a tongue
  3. language (a method of interhuman communication)
  4. language, tongue (the conventional system of communication used by a particular community)
  5. language (the parlance of a particular specialist field)
  6. language (a particular style or manner of expression; idiom)

Declension

Declension of jazyk (velar masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative jazyk jazyky
genitive jazyka jazyků
dative jazyku jazykům
accusative jazyk jazyky
vocative jazyku jazyky
locative jazyku, jazyce jazycích
instrumental jazykem jazyky

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

  • jazyk in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • jazyk in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • jazyk in Internetová jazyková příručka

Old Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈjazɨk/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈjazik/

Noun

jazyk m inan

  1. (anatomy) tongue (the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth of a mammal)
  2. language (a method of interhuman communication)
    býti jednoho jazyka ― to be honest
    jazyk všaký ― all nations

Declension

Declension of jazyk (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative jazyk jazyky jazyci, jazykové
genitive jazyka, jazyku jazykú jazykóv
dative jazyku jazykoma jazykóm
accusative jazyk jazyky jazyky
vocative jazyče jazyky jazyci, jazykové
locative jazycě, jazyku jazykú jazyciech
instrumental jazykem jazykoma jazyky
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

  • Czech: jazyk

Further reading

Old Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. First attested in 1474.

Noun

jazyk m inan

  1. tongue (flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech)
  2. tongue (any long object resembling a tongue)
  3. language (body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication)

Descendants

References

  • Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “jazyk”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak jazyk, from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. Compare Polish język, Czech jazyk.

Pronunciation

Noun

jazyk m inan (genitive singular jazyka, nominative plural jazyky, genitive plural jazykov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. (anatomy) tongue (the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth of a mammal)
  2. a thing resembling a tongue
  3. language (a method of interhuman communication)
  4. language, tongue (the conventional system of communication used by a particular community)
  5. language (the parlance of a particular specialist field)
  6. language (a particular style or manner of expression; idiom)

Declension

Declension of jazyk
singular plural
nominative jazyk jazyky
genitive jazyka jazykov
dative jazyku jazykom
accusative jazyk jazyky
locative jazyku jazykoch
instrumental jazykom jazykmi

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • “jazyk”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Pronunciation

Noun

jazyk m inan

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Declension

Declension of jazyk
singular dual plural
nominative jazyk jazykaj jazyki
genitive jazyka jazykow jazykow
dative jazykej jazykomaj jazykom
accusative jazyk jazykaj jazyki
instrumental jazykom jazykomaj jazykami
locative jazyku, jazyce jazykomaj jazykach
vocative jazyk jazykaj jazyki

Further reading

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