jãzëk

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjã.zɜk/
• Rhymes: -ãzɜk
• Syllabification: jã‧zëk

Noun

jãzëk m inan (diminutive jãzëczk, related adjective jãzëkòwi)

1. tongue (flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech)
2. language (body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication)

   Synonyms: mòwa, gwara, gôdka

Declension

Declension of jãzëk

	singular	plural
nominative	jãzëk	jãzëczi
genitive	jãzëka	jãzëków
dative	jãzëkòwi	jãzëkóm
accusative	jãzëk	jãzëczi
instrumental	jãzëkã	jãzëkama
locative	jãzëkù	jãzëkach
vocative	jãzëkù	jãzëczi

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “język”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “język”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “jãzëk”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Slovincian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjã.zək/
• Rhymes: -ãzək
• Syllabification: jã‧zëk

Noun

jãzëk m inan (diminutive jãzëczk)

1. (anatomy) tongue (fleshy muscular organ in the mouth of a mammal)
2. language (method of interhuman communication)

References

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “ją̃zĕk”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 391