маяк

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *majakъ. Cognate with Russian мая́к (maják).

• IPA^(key): [maˈjak]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Hyphenation: ма‧як

мая́к • (maják) m inan (genitive маяка́, nominative plural маякі́, genitive plural маяко́ў, relational adjective мая́чны)

1. lighthouse (a tall structure in the form of a tower with signal lights that show the way to ships)

• “маяк”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “маяк” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

• мая́къ (maják) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *majakъ (“lighthouse”), from Proto-Slavic *màjati (“to beckon”) + *-akъ (“masculine nominalizing suffix”).

• IPA^(key): [mɐˈjak]

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мая́к • (maják) m inan (genitive маяка́ or мая́ка^*, nominative plural маяки́, genitive plural маяко́в, diminutive маячо́к) (* Nautical language sometimes keeps the stress on the stem.)

1. lighthouse
2. beacon
3. Used as the call sign for some Soyuz missions: Soyuz T-3, Soyuz T-10 & Soyuz T-15.

• мая́чить (majáčitʹ)

• → Azerbaijani: mayak
• → Estonian: majakas
• → Finnish: majakka
• → Turkmen: maýak
• → Veps: majak
• → Uzbek: mayak

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *majakъ (“lighthouse”), from Proto-Slavic *màjati (“to beckon”) + *-akъ (“masculine nominalizing suffix”).

• IPA^(key): [mɐˈjak]

• Audio:

  (file)

мая́к • (maják) m inan (genitive маяка́, nominative plural маяки́, genitive plural маякі́в)

1. lighthouse, beacon
2. (figurative) beacon, (that which points the way to something)
3. a wooden watchtower
4. a tree left standing after deforestation

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