език

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from earlier *inźūˀ-kas, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɛˈzik]
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ik

Noun

ези́к • (ezík) m (relational adjective ези́чен or ези́ков)

  1. (anatomy) tongue, glossa
  2. tongue (of a shoe, bell, etc.), pawl, catch, clapper
  3. (system of communication using words or symbols) language, speech, tongue, lingo
  4. (the particular words used in speech or a passage of text) language, style, idiom, parlance, wording
  5. jargon, cant

Usage notes
  • The derived adjective ези́чен (ezíčen) refers specifically to "tongue" while ези́ков (ezíkov) refers specifically to "language".

Declension
Declension of ези́к
singular plural
indefinite ези́к
ezík		 ези́ци
ezíci
definite
(subject form)		 ези́кът
ezíkǎt		 ези́ците
ezícite
definite
(object form)		 ези́ка
ezíka
count form — ези́ка
ezíka

Further reading
  • “език”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
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