златоуст

Russian

Etymology

From злато́й (zlatój, golden) + уста́ (ustá, mouth). Ultimately a calque of Ancient Greek χρυσόστομος (khrusóstomos), perhaps through Old Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zɫətɐˈust]

Noun

златоу́ст • (zlatoúst) m anim (genitive златоу́ста, nominative plural златоу́сты, genitive plural златоу́стов)

  1. (archaic, now ironic) eloquent orator, gold-tongued orator, master of rhetoric
    Иоа́нн ЗлатоустIoánn ZlatoustJohn Chrysostom

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From злато- + уста.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zlatǒust/
  • Hyphenation: зла‧то‧уст

Adjective

злато̀уст (definite злато̀устӣ, Latin spelling zlatòust)

  1. gold-tongued, mellifluous, honey-mouthed

Declension

References

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