тако
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtakɔ]
Noun
тако • (tako) n
Declension
| 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/
- Hyphenation: та‧ко
Adverb
тако (tako)
- 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
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/
- IPA(key): /tǎːko/ (Dalmatia)
- Hyphenation: та‧ко
Adverb
та̀ко̄ (Latin spelling tàkō)
- so, in such a way, in that way
- приђи ближе тако да те боље видим ― come closer so that I can see you better
- ако тако мислиш.. ― if you think/feel that way...
- so, so much
- он је тако паметан! ― he is so smart!
- она тако дивно п(ј)ева! ― she sings so beatifically!
- тако те волим ― I love you so much
- idiomatic and figurative meanings
- тако је! ― that's right!
- и тако даље ― and so on
- тако рећи ― that is to say, so as to say
- баш тако! ― just like that!
- тако или никако ― take it or leave it
Related terms
See also
References
- “тако”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025