Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /jězik/
  • Hyphenation: je‧zik

Noun

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jèzik m (Cyrillic spelling јѐзик, relational adjective jèzičkī or jèzičnī)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
  2. language

Declension

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Further reading

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  • jezik”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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jézik m inan

  1. (anatomy) tongue
  2. language

Inflection

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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. jêzik
gen. sing. jezíka
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
jêzik jezíka jezíki
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
jezíka jezíkov jezíkov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
jezíku jezíkoma jezíkom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
jêzik jezíka jezíke
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
jezíku jezíkih jezíkih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
jezíkom jezíkoma jezíki

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • jezik”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024