# смак
## Belarusian
### Alternative forms

* smak — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Polish smak (“taste”), from Old High German gismac (“taste”) or Middle High German gesmac(h) (“taste”); compare German Geschmack (“taste”), Yiddish געשמאַק (geshmak, “taste”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [smak]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

смак • (smak) m inan (genitive сма́ка, nominative plural сма́кі, genitive plural сма́каў)
* taste
    Hypernym: пачу́цце (pačúccje)
    го́ркі смак ― hórki smak ― a bitter taste
    спрабава́ць на смак ― sprabavácʹ na smak ― to taste

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

#### Derived terms

* смакава́нне (smakavánnje)
* смакава́ць (smakavácʹ)
* сма́кавы (smákavy)
* смаката́ (smakatá)
* смако́тны (smakótny)
* смако́цце (smakóccje)
* сма́чна (smáčna)
* сма́чнасць (smáčnascʹ)
* смачне́ць (smačnjécʹ)
* сма́чны (smáčny)

### References

* “смак” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Pannonian Rusyn
### Etymology

Borrowed from Polish smak, probably by influence of East Slavic. Displaced Old Slovak šmak.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsmak]
* Rhymes: -ak
* Hyphenation: смак

### Noun

смак (smak) m inan (related adjective смачни)
* taste, savour, gusto, relish
    вон ма смак за красне ― von ma smak za krasne ― he has a taste for beauty
* appetite
    Synonym: апетит (apetit)
    нє мам смаку ― nje mam smaku ― I have no appetite
    пришло му на смак ― prišlo mu na smak ― he got an appetite

#### Related terms

* пресмаки m pl (presmaki)
* присмак m inan (prismak)
* присмачка f (prismačka)
* смаковац impf (smakovac)

### References

* Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “смак”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
* Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “taste”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 321

## Russian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Polish smak (“taste”), from Old High German gismac (“taste”) or Middle High German gesmac(h) (“taste”); compare German Geschmack (“taste”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [smak]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

смак • (smak) m inan (genitive сма́ка, uncountable)
* gusto, pleasant taste
* (figuratively or poetic) zest, relish, gusto

#### Derived terms

* смакова́ть (smakovátʹ)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

сма̏к m (Latin spelling smȁk)
* end, termination
    смак св(иј)ета - end of the world

#### Declension
## Ukrainian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Polish smak.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [smak]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ak
* Hyphenation: смак

### Noun

смак • (smak) m inan (genitive смаку́, nominative plural смаки́, genitive plural смакі́в, relational adjective смакови́й)
* taste

#### Derived terms

* смачни́й (smačnýj)

### Further reading

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “смак”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* “смак”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
* “смак”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
* “смак”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)