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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic тълкъ (tŭlkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *tъlkъ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [toɫk]
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Noun

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толк (tolkm inan (genitive то́лка, nominative plural то́лки, genitive plural то́лков)

  1. sense, use, judgment
  2. talk, rumor
    • 1862, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “Глава 15”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:
      Все э́ти то́лки доходи́ли до неё, но она́ пропуска́ла их ми́мо уше́й: хара́ктер у неё был свобо́дный и дово́льно реши́тельный.
      Vse éti tólki doxodíli do nejó, no oná propuskála ix mímo ušéj: xarákter u nejó byl svobódnyj i dovólʹno rešítelʹnyj.
      All this talk reached her, but she turned a deaf ear to it; she had an independent and sufficiently determined character.
  3. (obsolete) doctrine, trend, sort
  4. push, shove, thrust

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: tõlk
  • Finnish: tolkku
  • Ingrian: tolkku
  • Kildin Sami: то̄ӆӆк (tōl̥l̥k)
  • Votic: tolkku

References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “толк”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “толк”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 248