товмач
Ukrainian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic тълмачь (tŭlmačĭ), from Proto-Slavic *tъlmačь. Doublet of тлума́ч (tlumáč), a borrowing from Polish tłumacz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tɔu̯ˈmat͡ʃ]
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Noun
товма́ч • (tovmáč) m pers (genitive товмача́, nominative plural товмачі́, genitive plural товмачі́в, female equivalent товма́чка)
- interpreter (one who conveys orally what a user of one language is saying or signing, in real time or shortly after that person has finished communicating, to a user of a different language)
- Synonym: тлума́ч (tlumáč)
- Hypernym: переклада́ч (perekladáč)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | товма́ч tovmáč |
товмачі́ tovmačí |
| genitive | товмача́ tovmačá |
товмачі́в tovmačív |
| dative | товмаче́ві, товмачу́ tovmačévi, tovmačú |
товмача́м tovmačám |
| accusative | товмача́ tovmačá |
товмачі́в tovmačív |
| instrumental | товмаче́м tovmačém |
товмача́ми tovmačámy |
| locative | товмаче́ві, товмачу́, товмачі́ tovmačévi, tovmačú, tovmačí |
товмача́х tovmačáx |
| vocative | товма́чу tovmáču |
товмачі́ tovmačí |
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “товмач”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “товмач”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)