узник

у́зы (úzy) +‎ -ник (-nik). Cognate with Czech vězeň, Polish więzień (each from a verb with prothetic в, see Russian вяза́ть (vjazátʹ)); Serbo-Croatian сужањ, Slovene suženj.

• IPA^(key): [ˈuzʲnʲɪk]

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у́зник • (úznik) m anim (genitive у́зника, nominative plural у́зники, genitive plural у́зников, feminine у́зница)

1. prisoner (also figuratively)

• вяза́ть impf (vjazátʹ), повяза́ть pf (povjazátʹ), связа́ть pf (svjazátʹ)
• узи́лище n (uzílišče)
• у́зы pl (úzy)

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “узник”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
  • See: Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “уза”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Compare Russian у́зник (úznik, “prisoner”).

• IPA^(key): /ûzniːk/
• Hyphenation: уз‧ник

у̏знӣк m anim (Latin spelling ȕznīk)

1. (archaic) prisoner, convict
2. (archaic, figuratively) slave