толмач

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tъlmačь, from Proto-Turkic *tilmaç (compare Turkish dilmaç (“interpreter”)), from Proto-Turkic *til (“tongue”) (Turkish dil) + Proto-Turkic *-maç (“noun suffix”). Cognate with Slovene tolmač, Serbo-Croatian ту̀ма̄ч/tùmāč, Polish tłumacz (“translator”). Non-Slavic cognates include German Dolmetscher and Hungarian tolmács.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tɐlˈmat͡ɕ]

Noun

толма́ч • (tolmáč) m anim (genitive толмача́, nominative plural толмачи́, genitive plural толмаче́й)

  1. interpreter

Declension
Declension of толма́ч (anim masc-form sibilant-stem accent-b) 
singular plural
nominative толма́ч
tolmáč		 толмачи́
tolmačí
genitive толмача́
tolmačá		 толмаче́й
tolmačéj
dative толмачу́
tolmačú		 толмача́м
tolmačám
accusative толмача́
tolmačá		 толмаче́й
tolmačéj
instrumental толмачо́м
tolmačóm		 толмача́ми
tolmačámi
prepositional толмаче́
tolmačé		 толмача́х
tolmačáx

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • толмаческий (tolmačeskij, adjective)
  • толмачить (tolmačitʹ, verb)

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “толмач”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
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