език

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from earlier *inźūˀ-kas, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɛˈzik]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ik

Noun

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ези́к • (ezík) m (relational adjective ези́чен or ези́ков)

  1. (anatomy) tongue, glossa
  2. tongue (of a shoe, bell, etc.), pawl, catch, clapper
  3. (system of communication using words or symbols) language, speech, tongue, lingo
  4. (the particular words used in speech or a passage of text) language, style, idiom, parlance, wording
  5. jargon, cant

Usage notes

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  • The derived adjective ези́чен (ezíčen) refers specifically to "tongue" while ези́ков (ezíkov) refers specifically to "language".

Declension

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Declension of ези́к
singular plural
indefinite ези́к
ezík 		ези́ци
ezíci
definite
(subject form) 		ези́кът
ezíkǎt 		ези́ците
ezícite
definite
(object form) 		ези́ка
ezíka
count form — ези́ка
ezíka

Further reading

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  • “език”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
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