ѩзꙑкъ

See also: языкъ and ꙗзꙑкъ

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

ѩзꙑкъ • (językŭ) m

  1. language
    • from the Life of Constantine:
      оучителѧ не имамъ таковаго, иже бꙑ нꙑ въ свои ꙗзꙑкъ истоую вѣроу христꙇаньскоую сказалъ, да бꙑша и инꙑ странꙑ того зрѧще подобилисѧ намъ.
      učitelę ne imamŭ takovago, iže by ny vŭ svoi jazykŭ istuju věru xristianĭskuju skazalŭ, da byša i iny strany togo zręšte podobilisę namŭ.
      we have no such teacher who would explain the true Christian faith to us in our own tongue, so that even the countries here, seeing this, might emulate us.
  2. tongue
  3. people

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Bulgarian: ези́к (ezík), е́нзик (énzik), индзи́к (indzík) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: јазик (jazik)

References

  • Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка, София
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