товмач

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic тълмачь (tŭlmačĭ), from Proto-Slavic *tъlmačь. Doublet of тлума́ч (tlumáč), a borrowing from Polish tłumacz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɔu̯ˈmat͡ʃ]

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Noun

товма́ч • (tovmáč) m pers (genitive товмача́, nominative plural товмачі́, genitive plural товмачі́в, feminine товма́чка)

1. interpreter (one who conveys orally what a user of one language is saying or signing, in real time or shortly after that person has finished communicating, to a user of a different language)

   Synonym: тлума́ч (tlumáč)

   Hypernym: переклада́ч (perekladáč)

Declension

Declension of товма́ч (pers semisoft masc-form accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	товма́ч tovmáč	товмачі́ tovmačí
genitive	товмача́ tovmačá	товмачі́в tovmačív
dative	товмаче́ві, товмачу́ tovmačévi, tovmačú	товмача́м tovmačám
accusative	товмача́ tovmačá	товмачі́в tovmačív
instrumental	товмаче́м tovmačém	товмача́ми tovmačámy
locative	товмаче́ві, товмачу́, товмачі́ tovmačévi, tovmačú, tovmačí	товмача́х tovmačáx
vocative	товма́чу tovmáču	товмачі́ tovmačí

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “товмач”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “товмач”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)