язичник

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jɐˈzɪt͡ʃnek]
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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic ѧзꙑчьникъ (ęzyčĭnikŭ), from ѧзꙑкъ (ęzykŭ, tongue; nation), modeled on Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos, nation).[1]

Noun

язи́чник • (jazýčnyk) m pers (genitive язи́чника, nominative plural язи́чники, genitive plural язи́чників, feminine язи́чниця, relational adjective язи́чницький)

  1. pagan, heathen (not adhering to an Abrahamic religion)
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From язи́к (jazýk, tongue) + -ник (-nyk).[2]

Noun

язи́чник • (jazýčnyk) m inan (genitive язи́чника, nominative plural язи́чники, genitive plural язи́чників)

  1. (botany) ligularia (any of several species of flowering plant of the genus Ligularia)
Declension

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “язик²”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 538
  2. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “язичник”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 538

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