jezik

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jězik/
  • Hyphenation: je‧zik

Noun

jèzik m (Cyrillic spelling јѐзик, relational adjective jèzičkī or jèzičnī)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
  2. language

Declension

Further reading

  • jezik” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

jézik m inan

  1. (anatomy) tongue
  2. language

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. jêzik
gen. sing. jezíka
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
jêzik jezíka jezíki
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
jezíka jezíkov jezíkov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
jezíku jezíkoma jezíkom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
jêzik jezíka jezíke
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
jezíku jezíkih jezíkih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
jezíkom jezíkoma jezíki

Derived terms

Further reading

  • jezik”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran