вкус
Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic въкоусъ (vŭkusŭ). Morphologically formed as в- (v-) + Proto-Slavic *kusъ (“probe, trial”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fkus]
Noun
вкус • (vkus) m (related adjective вку́сов)
- taste, flavour, savour, smack (sensory feeling perceived through the tongue via contact with the percept)
- Hypernym: у́сет (úset)
- (figurative) taste, preference
- добъ́рвкус ― dobǎ́r vkus ― good taste
Declension
Declension of вкус
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | вкус vkus | вку́сове vkúsove |
| definite (subject form) | вкусъ́т vkusǎ́t | вку́совете vkúsovete |
| definite (object form) | вкуса́ vkusá | |
| count form | — | вку́са vkúsa |
Derived terms
- вку́свам impf (vkúsvam), вку́ся pf (vkúsja)
- вкусоти́я (vkusotíja, “tasty snack”)
- вку́сен (vkúsen, “tasty, savoury”)
Related terms
- ку́сам (kúsam, “to probe, to check taste”)
References
- вкус in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- вкус in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “вкус”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 160
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fkus]
Noun
вкус • (vkus) m (plural вкусови, related adjective вкусен)
- taste (also used figuratively)
Declension
Declension of вкус
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | вкус | вкусови |
| definite unspecified | вкусот | вкусовите |
| definite proximal | вкусов | вкусовиве |
| definite distal | вкусон | вкусовине |
| vocative | вкусу | вкусови |
| count form | — | вкуса |
Russian
Alternative forms
- вкусъ (vkus) – Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic въкоусъ (vŭkusŭ), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kusъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fkus]
Audio (file)
Noun
вкус • (vkus) m inan (genitive вку́са, nominative plural вку́сы, genitive plural вку́сов, related adjective вкусово́й)
- taste (one of the sensations produced by the tongue)
- по вку́су ― po vkúsu ― to taste (when adding spices)
- на вкус и цвет това́рищей нет (proverb) ― na vkus i cvet továriščej net ― there's no accounting for taste
- о вку́сах не спо́рят (proverb) ― o vkúsax ne spórjat ― every man to his taste
- flavour, fancy
- style, manner
Declension
Declension of вкус (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | вку́с vkús | вку́сы vkúsy |
| genitive | вку́са vkúsa | вку́сов vkúsov |
| dative | вку́су vkúsu | вку́сам vkúsam |
| accusative | вку́с vkús | вку́сы vkúsy |
| instrumental | вку́сом vkúsom | вку́сами vkúsami |
| prepositional | вку́се vkúse | вку́сах vkúsax |
Related terms
- безвку́сный (bezvkúsnyj), вку́сный (vkúsnyj), невку́сный (nevkúsnyj)
- безвку́сица f (bezvkúsica), вкуснятина f (vkusnjatina)
- вкуша́ть impf (vkušátʹ), вкуси́ть pf (vkusítʹ)
Descendants
- → Czech: vkus
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “вкус”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Ukrainian
Alternative forms
- уку́с (ukús)
Etymology
Deverbal from вкуси́ти (vkusýty).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʍkus]
Noun
вкус • (vkus) m inan (genitive вку́су, nominative plural вку́си, genitive plural вку́сів)
- Alternative form of уку́с (ukús)
Usage notes
- The forms вкус (vkus) (used after vowels) and уку́с (ukús) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.
Declension
Declension of вкус (inan hard masc-form accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | вкус vkus | вку́си vkúsy |
| genitive | вку́су vkúsu | вку́сів vkúsiv |
| dative | вку́сові, вку́су vkúsovi, vkúsu | вку́сам vkúsam |
| accusative | вкус vkus | вку́си vkúsy |
| instrumental | вку́сом vkúsom | вку́сами vkúsamy |
| locative | вку́сі vkúsi | вку́сах vkúsax |
| vocative | вку́се vkúse | вку́си vkúsy |
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “вкус”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2022), “вкус”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 1–13 (а – покі́рно), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “вкус”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
- “вкус”, in Словник.ua [Slovnik.ua] (in Ukrainian)