яки
Kazakh
Conjunction
яки • (äki)
Synonyms
- я (ä)
Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak jaký, from Proto-Slavic *jakъ. Cognates include Belarusian які́ (jakí), Carpathian Rusyn якы́й (jakŷ́j), Czech jaký, Polish jaki, Slovak aký and Ukrainian яки́й (jakýj). By surface analysis, як (jak) + ки (ki).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈjaki]
- Rhymes: -aki
- Hyphenation: яки
Pronoun
яки (jaki)
- what (what kind of)
- гоч яки ― hoč jaki ― whatever; any
- яки є роботнїк? ― jaki je robotnjik? ― what kind of worker is he?
- (sometimes sarcastic) what a! how! (used at the beginning of a clause for emphasis)
- яка ми бриґa ― jaka mi briga ― I don't really care (literally, “what a surprise to me”)
- яке вaжнe ― jake važne ― so very important
- яки є барз нєдобри! ― jaki je barz njedobri! ― how very naughty he is!
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | virile | nonvirile | ||||
| nominative | яки (jaki) | яка (jaka) | яке (jake) | яки (jaki) | ||||
| genitive | якого (jakoho) | якей (jakej) | якого (jakoho) | яких (jakix) | ||||
| dative | якому (jakomu) | якей (jakej) | якому (jakomu) | яким (jakim) | ||||
| accusative | personal/animal | inanimate | яку (jaku) | яке (jake) | яких (jakix) | яки (jaki) | ||
| якого (jakoho) | яки (jaki) | |||||||
| instrumental | яким (jakim) | яку (jaku) | яким (jakim) | якима (jakima) | ||||
| locative | яким / якому (jakim / jakomu) | якей (jakej) | яким / якому (jakim / jakomu) | яких (jakix) | ||||
| vocative | яки (jaki) | яка (jaka) | яке (jake) | яки (jaki) | ||||
Related terms
adverbs
- як (jak)
nouns
- якосц f (jakosc)
References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “яки”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “what”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 374
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈjækʲɪ]
Audio: (file)
Noun
я́ки • (jáki) m anim pl
- nominative plural of як (jak)
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈjake]
Noun
я́ки • (jáky)
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of як (jak)