дьяк

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic диꙗкъ (dijakŭ), from Ancient Greek διάκος (diákos). Compare another meaning development from the source: Czech žák (“pupil; disciple”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [dʲjak]

Noun

дьяк • (dʹjak) m anim (genitive дья́ка, nominative plural дья́ки, genitive plural дья́ков)

(historical) dyak, clerk, official in Russia in the 14th-17th centuries
Synonym: дьячо́к (dʹjačók)
(historical) dyak, a low-ranked clergyman
Synonym: дьячо́к (dʹjačók)

Declension

Declension of дьяк (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	дья́к dʹják	дья́ки dʹjáki
genitive	дья́ка dʹjáka	дья́ков dʹjákov
dative	дья́ку dʹjáku	дья́кам dʹjákam
accusative	дья́ка dʹjáka	дья́ков dʹjákov
instrumental	дья́ком dʹjákom	дья́ками dʹjákami
prepositional	дья́ке dʹjáke	дья́ках dʹjákax

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “дьяк”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Further reading

Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “дьяк”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
- See: Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “диак”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.