язычник

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ѩзꙑчьникъ (języčĭnikŭ), from ѩзꙑкъ (językŭ, “tongue; nation”). Modeled on Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos, “nation”) : ἐθνικός (ethnikós, “heathen”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [(j)ɪˈzɨt͡ɕnʲɪk]

Noun

язы́чник • (jazýčnik) m anim (genitive язы́чника, nominative plural язы́чники, genitive plural язы́чников, feminine язы́чница)

  1. pagan, heathen (not adhering to an Abrahamic religion)
  2. polytheist
    Synonyms: полите́и́ст (politɛ́íst), многобо́жец (mnogobóžec)

Declension
Declension of язы́чник (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative язы́чник
jazýčnik		 язы́чники
jazýčniki
genitive язы́чника
jazýčnika		 язы́чников
jazýčnikov
dative язы́чнику
jazýčniku		 язы́чникам
jazýčnikam
accusative язы́чника
jazýčnika		 язы́чников
jazýčnikov
instrumental язы́чником
jazýčnikom		 язы́чниками
jazýčnikami
prepositional язы́чнике
jazýčnike		 язы́чниках
jazýčnikax

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “язычник”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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