толк

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic тълкъ (tŭlkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *tъlkъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [toɫk]
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Noun

толк • (tolk) m inan (genitive то́лка, nominative plural то́лки, genitive plural то́лков)

  1. sense, use, judgment
  2. talk, rumor
  3. (obsolete) doctrine, trend, sort
  4. push, shove, thrust

Declension
Declension of толк (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative то́лк
tólk		 то́лки
tólki
genitive то́лка
tólka		 то́лков
tólkov
dative то́лку
tólku		 то́лкам
tólkam
accusative то́лк
tólk		 то́лки
tólki
instrumental то́лком
tólkom		 то́лками
tólkami
prepositional то́лке
tólke		 то́лках
tólkax
partitive то́лку
tólku

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Estonian: tõlk
  • → Finnish: tolkku
  • → Ingrian: tolkku
  • → Kildin Sami: то̄ӆӆк (tōl̥l̥k)
  • → Votic: tolkku

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “толк”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “толк”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 248
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