златоуст

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Russian

Etymology

From злато́й (zlatój, golden) +‎ уста́ (ustá, mouth). Ultimately a calque of Ancient Greek χρυσόστομος (khrusóstomos), perhaps through Old Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation

Noun

златоу́ст (zlatoústm anim (genitive златоу́ста, nominative plural златоу́сты, genitive plural златоу́стов)

  1. (archaic, now ironic) eloquent orator, gold-tongued orator, master of rhetoric
    Иоа́нн ЗлатоустIoánn ZlatoustJohn Chrysostom

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From злато- +‎ уста.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zlatǒust/
  • Hyphenation: зла‧то‧уст

Adjective

злато̀уст (Latin spelling zlatòust, definite злато̀устӣ)

  1. gold-tongued, mellifluous, honey-mouthed

Declension

References

  • златоуст”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024