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вкус

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Church Slavonic въкоусъ (vŭkusŭ). Morphologically formed as в- (v-) +‎ Proto-Slavic *kusъ (probe, trial).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [fkus]
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Noun

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вкус (vkusm (relational adjective вку́сов)

  1. taste, flavour, savour, smack (sensory feeling perceived through the tongue via contact with the percept)
    Hypernym: у́сет (úset)
  2. (figurative) taste, preference
    добъ́р вкусdobǎ́r vkusgood taste

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  • вкус”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • вкус”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вкус”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 160

Macedonian

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Noun

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вкус (vkusm (plural вкусови, relational adjective вкусен)

  1. taste (also used figuratively)

Declension

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Declension of вкус
singular plural
indefinite вкус (vkus) вкусови (vkusovi)
definite unspecified вкусот (vkusot) вкусовите (vkusovite)
definite proximal вкусов (vkusov) вкусовиве (vkusovive)
definite distal вкусон (vkuson) вкусовине (vkusovine)
vocative вкусу (vkusu) вкусови (vkusovi)
count form вкуса (vkusa)

Russian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic въкоусъ (vŭkusŭ), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kusъ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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вкус (vkusm inan (genitive вку́са, nominative plural вку́сы, genitive plural вку́сов, relational adjective вкусово́й)

  1. taste (one of the sensations produced by the tongue)
    по вку́суpo vkúsuto taste (when adding spices)
    на вкус и цвет това́рищей нет (proverb)na vkus i cvet továriščej netthere's no accounting for taste
    о вку́сах не спо́рят (proverb)o vkúsax ne spórjatevery man to his taste
  2. flavour/flavor, fancy
  3. style, manner

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Czech: vkus

See also

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Basic tastes in Russian · вку́сы (vkúsy) (layout · text)
сла́дкий (sládkij) ки́слый (kíslyj) солёный (soljónyj) го́рький (górʹkij) о́стрый (óstryj) пика́нтный (pikántnyj)

References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вкус”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Ukrainian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Deverbal from вкуси́ти (vkusýty).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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вкус (vkusm inan (genitive вку́су, nominative plural вку́си, genitive plural вку́сів)

  1. Alternative form of уку́с (ukús)

Usage notes

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  • The forms вкус (vkus) (used after vowels) and уку́с (ukús) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.

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