толк

Inherited from Old East Slavic тълкъ (tŭlkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *tъlkъ.

• IPA^(key): [toɫk]

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толк • (tolk) m inan (genitive то́лка, nominative plural то́лки, genitive plural то́лков)

1. sense, use, judgment
2. talk, rumor
3. (obsolete) doctrine, trend, sort
4. push, shove, thrust

• смысл (smysl), разу́мность (razúmnostʹ), осмы́сленность (osmýslennostʹ), панталы́к (pantalýk)
• по́льза (pólʹza), прок (prok)
• тече́ние (tečénije), направле́ние (napravlénije), сорт (sort)

• → Estonian: tõlk
• → Finnish: tolkku
• → Ingrian: tolkku
• → Kildin Sami: то̄ӆӆк (tōl̥l̥k)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “толк”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “толк”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 248