jazyk
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech jazyk, from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. Compare Polish język, Slovak jazyk, Russian язы́к (jazýk).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈjazɪk]
audio (file) - Hyphenation: ja‧zyk
Noun
jazyk m inan (related adjective jazykový)
- (anatomy) tongue (the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth of a mammal)
- a thing resembling a tongue
- language (a method of interhuman communication)
- language, tongue (the conventional system of communication used by a particular community)
- language (the parlance of a particular specialist field)
- language (a particular style or manner of expression; idiom)
Declension
Synonyms
- (language): řeč
Derived terms
Old Czech
Alternative forms
- zazyk
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.
Noun
jazyk m inan
Declension
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | jazyk | jazyky | jazyci, jazykové |
genitive | jazyka, jazyku | jazykú | jazykóv |
dative | jazyku | jazykoma | jazykóm |
accusative | jazyk | jazyky | jazyky |
vocative | jazyče | jazyky | jazyci, jazykové |
locative | jazycě, jazyku | jazykú | jazyciech |
instrumental | jazykem | jazykoma | jazyky |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Descendants
- Czech: jazyk
Further reading
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “jazyk”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Old Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. First attested in 1474.
Noun
jazyk m inan
- tongue (flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech)
- tongue (any long object resembling a tongue)
- language (body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication)
References
- Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “jazyk”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak jazyk, from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. Compare Polish język, Czech jazyk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈjazik]
Noun
jazyk m inan (genitive singular jazyka, nominative plural jazyky, genitive plural jazykov, declension pattern of dub)
- (anatomy) tongue (the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth of a mammal)
- a thing resembling a tongue
- language (a method of interhuman communication)
- language, tongue (the conventional system of communication used by a particular community)
- language (the parlance of a particular specialist field)
- language (a particular style or manner of expression; idiom)
Declension
Synonyms
- (language): reč
Derived terms
- jazykový
- jazykovo
- jazýček m
- jazýčkový
- jazyčisko n
- jazykovedec m
- jazyčný
- metajazyk
- prajazyk
References
- “jazyk”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjazɨk/
Declension
Further reading
- “jazyk” in Soblex