език
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from Early Proto-Slavic *inzū́kus, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ-kas (perhaps directly linked to the non-standard variant е́нзик), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from earlier *dinźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɛˈzik]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ik
Noun
ези́к • (ezík) m (relational adjective ези́чен or ези́ков)
- (anatomy) tongue, glossa
- tongue (of a shoe, bell, etc.), pawl, catch, clapper
- (system of communication using words or symbols) language, speech, tongue, lingo
- (the particular words used in speech or a passage of text) language, style, idiom, parlance, wording
- jargon, cant
Usage notes
- The derived adjective ези́чен (ezíčen) refers specifically to "tongue" while ези́ков (ezíkov) refers specifically to "language".
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ези́к ezík |
ези́ци ezíci |
| definite (subject form) |
ези́кът ezíkǎt |
ези́ците ezícite |
| definite (object form) |
ези́ка ezíka | |
| count form | — | ези́ка ezíka |
Further reading
- “език”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014