тако

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtakɔ]

Noun

тако • (takon

  1. taco

Declension

Declension of тако
singular plural
indefinite тако (tako) такоа (takoa)
definite unspecified такото (takoto) такоата (takoata)
definite proximal таково (takovo) такоава (takoava)
definite distal таконо (takono) такоана (takoana)
vocative тако (tako) такоа (takoa)

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tako. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic тако (tako) and Old Polish tak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑkɔ//ˈtakɔ//ˈtakɔ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈtɑkɔ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈtakɔ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈtakɔ/

  • Hyphenation: та‧ко

Adverb

тако (tako)

  1. so, like that
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik[1], page 4:
      красота воиноу ороужиѥ· и кораблѫ вѣтрила· тако и правьдникоу почитание книжьноѥ·
      krasota voinu oružije· i korablǫ větrila· tako i pravĭdniku počitanije knižĭnoje·
      To a warrior his weapon is a virtue, and to a ship its sails; and in the same way the reading of books to a righteous person.

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: та́къ (ták), та́ко (táko)
  • Russian: так (tak)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “тако”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[2] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 917

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tako. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic тако (tako).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tǎkoː/
  • Hyphenation: та‧ко

Adverb

та̀ко̄ (Latin spelling tàkō)

  1. so, in such a way, in that way
    приђи ближе тако да те боље видимcome closer so that I can see you better
    ако тако мислиш..if you think/feel that way...
  2. so, so much
    он је тако паметан!he is so smart!
    она тако дивно п(ј)ева!she sings so beatifically!
    тако те волимI love you so much
  3. idiomatic and figurative meanings
    тако је!that's right!
    и тако даљеand so on
    тако рећиthat is to say, so as to say
    баш тако!just like that!
    тако или никакоtake it or leave it

See also

References

  • тако”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025