дьяк

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic диѩкъ (dijękŭ), from Ancient Greek διάκος (diákos).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [dʲjak]

Noun

дьяк • (dʹjak) m anim (genitive дья́ка, nominative plural дья́ки, genitive plural дья́ков)

  1. (historical) dyak, clerk, official in Russia in 14-17 centuries
    Synonym: дьячо́к (dʹjačók)
  2. (historical) dyak, a low-ranked clergyman
    Synonym: дьячо́к (dʹjačók)

Declension
Declension of дьяк (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative дья́к
dʹják		 дья́ки
dʹjáki
genitive дья́ка
dʹjáka		 дья́ков
dʹjákov
dative дья́ку
dʹjáku		 дья́кам
dʹjákam
accusative дья́ка
dʹjáka		 дья́ков
dʹjákov
instrumental дья́ком
dʹjákom		 дья́ками
dʹjákami
prepositional дья́ке
dʹjáke		 дья́ках
dʹjákax

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