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sweet

Source:*soldъkъProto-Slaviccertain

Ukrainian солодкий has the native East Slavic -оло-; Russian сладкий is a Church Slavonic import.

English

sweet

Polish

słodki
ˈswɔtkʲi
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In all five languages

BCS script
  • Russian
    сла́дкийsladkij
    ˈslatkʲɪjChurch Slavonic

    The native East Slavic shape shows in со́лод 'malt'.

  • Ukrainian
    соло́дкийsolodkyj
    sɔˈlɔdkɪjinherited
  • Polish
    słodki
    ˈswɔtkʲiinherited
  • Czech
    sladký
    ˈslatkiːinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    sladakсладак
    ˈsladakinherited
  • English
    sweet

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