akъ(jь)

akъ(jь) Grammatical information: prn. Proto-Slavic meaning: `such as'

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Old Church Slavic:

jakъ (Mar., Zogr., Supr.) `such as' [pron]

Czech:

jaký `what (kind of), which' [pron]

Slovak:

jaký `what (kind of), which' [pron]

Polish:

jaki `what (kind of), which' [pron]

Upper Sorbian:

jakny `outstanding, strong' [pron]

Serbo-Croatian:

jȃk `strong, healthy' [adj o], jáka [Nomsf], jáko [Nomsf];

Čak. jå̑k `strong, healthy' [adj o], jå̄kȁ [Nomsf], jå̑ko [Nomsn]

Slovene:

jȃk `strong, prominent, superb, brave' [adj o]

Bulgarian:

jakyj `strong, healthy' [adj o]

Comments: I endorse the hypothesis that the meaning `strong', attested in South Slavic and Upper Sorbian, is secondary, cf. Rum. tare `strong' from *talis `such' (Meyer-Lübke 1935: 705).