jazyk

Inherited from Old Czech jazyk, from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from earlier *inzū́kus, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from earlier *dinźūˀ, Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. Compare Polish język, Slovak jazyk, Russian язы́к (jazýk).

• IPA^(key): [ˈjazɪk]

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• Hyphenation: ja‧zyk

jazyk m inan (relational adjective jazykový, diminutive jazýček)

1. (anatomy) tongue (the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth of a mammal)
2. a thing resembling a tongue
3. language (a method of interhuman communication)
4. language, tongue (the conventional system of communication used by a particular community)
5. language (the parlance of a particular specialist field)
6. language (a particular style or manner of expression; idiom)

• (language): řeč

• “jazyk”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “jazyk”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “jazyk”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

• zazyk

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈjazɨk/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈjazik/

jazyk m inan

1. (anatomy) tongue (the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth of a mammal)
2. language (a method of interhuman communication)

   býti jednoho jazyka ― to be honest

   jazyk všaký ― all nations

• Czech: jazyk

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “jazyk”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. First attested in 1474.

jazyk m inan

1. tongue (flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech)
2. tongue (any long object resembling a tongue)
3. language (body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication)

• Pannonian Rusyn: язик (jazik)
• Slovak: jazyk

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “jazyk”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Inherited from Old Slovak jazyk, from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from earlier *inźūˀkas, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from earlier *dinźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. Compare Polish język, Czech jazyk.

• IPA^(key): [ˈjazik]

• Audio:

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jazyk m inan (relational adjective jazykový or jazyčný, diminutive jazýček, augmentative jazyčisko)

1. (anatomy) tongue (the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth of a mammal)
2. a thing resembling a tongue
3. language (a method of interhuman communication)
4. language, tongue (the conventional system of communication used by a particular community)
5. language (the parlance of a particular specialist field)
6. language (a particular style or manner of expression; idiom)

• (language): reč

• “jazyk”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ęzỳkъ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjazɨk/
• Rhymes: -azɨk
• Hyphenation: ja‧zyk
• Syllabification: ja‧zyk

jazyk m inan (diminutive jazyčk, related adjective jazykowy)

1. (anatomy) tongue (a more or less muscular and mobile organ, typically elongated, found in the oral cavity)

• “jazyk” in Soblex