толмач

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tъlmačь, from Proto-Turkic *tilmač (compare Turkish dilmaç (“interpreter”)), from Proto-Turkic *til (“tongue”) (Turkish dil) + Proto-Turkic *-mač (“noun suffix”). Cognate with Russian толма́ч (tolmáč), Slovene tolmač, Serbo-Croatian ту̀ма̄ч/tùmāč, Polish tłumacz (“translator”). Non-Slavic cognates include German Dolmetscher and Hungarian tolmács.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɔɫmat͡ʃ]
• Hyphenation: тол‧мач

Noun

толмач • (tolmač) m (plural толмачи)

1. (archaic) interpreter

   Synonym: толкувач (tolkuvač)

Declension

Declension of толмач

	singular	plural
indefinite	толмач	толмачи
definite unspecified	толмачот	толмачите
definite proximal	толмачов	толмачиве
definite distal	толмачон	толмачине
vocative	толмачу	толмачи
count form	—	толмача

Related terms

• толмачи impf (tolmači), протолмачи pf (protolmači)

References

• “толмач” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Russian

Alternative forms

• толма́чъ (tolmáč) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tъlmačь, from Proto-Turkic *tilmač (compare Turkish dilmaç (“interpreter”)), from Proto-Turkic *til (“tongue”) (Turkish dil) + Proto-Turkic *-mač (“noun suffix”). Cognate with Macedonian толмач (tolmač), Slovene tolmač, Serbo-Croatian ту̀ма̄ч/tùmāč, Polish tłumacz (“translator”). Non-Slavic cognates include German Dolmetscher and Hungarian tolmács.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɐɫˈmat͡ɕ]

Noun

толма́ч • (tolmáč) m anim (genitive толмача́, nominative plural толмачи́, genitive plural толмаче́й)

1. (obsolete or ironic) interpreter

   Synonym: перево́дчик (perevódčik)

Declension

Declension of толма́ч (anim masc-form sibilant-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	толма́ч tolmáč	толмачи́ tolmačí
genitive	толмача́ tolmačá	толмаче́й tolmačéj
dative	толмачу́ tolmačú	толмача́м tolmačám
accusative	толмача́ tolmačá	толмаче́й tolmačéj
instrumental	толмачо́м tolmačóm	толмача́ми tolmačámi
prepositional	толмаче́ tolmačé	толмача́х tolmačáx

Derived terms

• толмаческий (tolmačeskij, adjective)
• толмачить (tolmačitʹ, verb)

Descendants

• → Ubykh: ҭалмашь (talmaš)

References

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