# jazyk
## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech jazyk, from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. Compare Polish język, Slovak jazyk, Russian язы́к (jazýk).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈjazɪk]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ja‧zyk

### Noun

jazyk m inan (relational adjective jazykový)
* (anatomy) tongue (the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth of a mammal)
* a thing resembling a tongue
* language (a method of interhuman communication)
* language, tongue (the conventional system of communication used by a particular community)
* language (the parlance of a particular specialist field)
* language (a particular style or manner of expression; idiom)

#### Synonyms

* (language): řeč

#### Derived terms

* dotazovací jazyk
* držet jazyk za zuby
* dvojjazyčný
* jazykověda
* jazykovědec
* jazykozpyt
* jednojazyčný
* mnohojazyčný
* programovací jazyk
* trojjazyčný
* vícejazyčný

### Further reading

* “jazyk”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “jazyk”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “jazyk”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Old Czech
### Alternative forms

* zazyk

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (13th CE) /ˈjazɨk/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ˈjazik/

### Noun

jazyk m inan
* (anatomy) tongue (the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth of a mammal)
* language (a method of interhuman communication)
    býti jednoho jazyka ― to be honest
    jazyk všaký ― all nations

#### Descendants

* Czech: jazyk

### Further reading

* Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “jazyk”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

## Old Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. First attested in 1474.

### Noun

jazyk m inan
* 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)
* tongue (any long object resembling a tongue)
* 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)

#### Descendants

* Pannonian Rusyn: язик (jazik)
* Slovak: jazyk

### Further reading

* Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “jazyk”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

## Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak jazyk, from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. Compare Polish język, Czech jazyk.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈjazik]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

jazyk m inan (relational adjective jazykový or jazyčný, diminutive jazýček, augmentative jazyčisko)
* (anatomy) tongue (the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth of a mammal)
* a thing resembling a tongue
* language (a method of interhuman communication)
* language, tongue (the conventional system of communication used by a particular community)
* language (the parlance of a particular specialist field)
* language (a particular style or manner of expression; idiom)

#### Synonyms

* (language): reč

#### Derived terms

* jazykovo
* jazýček m
* jazýčkový
* jazyčisko n
* jazykovedec m
* metajazyk
* prajazyk

### Further reading

* “jazyk”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Upper Sorbian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ęzỳkъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjazɨk/
* Rhymes: -azɨk
* Hyphenation: ja‧zyk
* Syllabification: ja‧zyk

### Noun

jazyk m inan (diminutive jazyčk, related adjective jazykowy)
* (anatomy) tongue (a more or less muscular and mobile organ, typically elongated, found in the oral cavity)

#### Derived terms

* jazyčny

### References

* “jazyk” in Soblex