монах

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós).

Pronunciation

Noun

мона́х (monáhm (feminine монахи́ня, relational adjective мона́шески)

  1. monk, monastic, friar
    Synonym: калу́гер (kalúger)

Declension

References

  • монах”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • монах”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós).

Pronunciation

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Noun

монах (monahm (feminine монахиња, relational adjective монашки)

  1. monk

Declension

Declension of монах
singular plural
indefinite монах (monah) монаси (monasi)
definite unspecified монахот (monahot) монасите (monasite)
definite proximal монахов (monahov) монасиве (monasive)
definite distal монахон (monahon) монасине (monasine)
vocative монаху (monahu) монаси (monasi)
count form монаха (monaha)

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Old Church Slavonic монахъ (monaxŭ), from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, monk, (originally) solitary).

Pronunciation

Noun

мона́х (monáxm anim (genitive мона́ха, nominative plural мона́хи, genitive plural мона́хов, feminine мона́хиня or мона́шка, relational adjective мона́шеский)

  1. monk
    • 1893, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], chapter III, in Чёрный монах; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Black Monk, 1917:
      По́сле у́жина, когда́ уе́хали го́сти, он пошё́л к себе́ в ко́мнату и лёг на дива́н: ему́ хоте́лось ду́мать о мона́хе.
      Pósle úžina, kogdá ujéxali gósti, on pošól k sebé v kómnatu i ljog na diván: jemú xotélosʹ dúmatʹ o monáxe.
      After supper, when the visitors had gone, he went to his room and lay down on the sofa: he wanted to think about the monk.

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Descendants

  • Ingrian: manahka
  • Komi-Zyrian: манак (manak)
  • Skolt Sami: manah

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mǒnax/
  • Hyphenation: мо‧нах

Noun

мо̀нах m (Latin spelling mònah)

  1. monk, monastic (especially Orthodox)

Declension

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

Noun

мона́х (monáxm pers (genitive мона́ха, nominative plural мона́хи, genitive plural мона́хів, feminine мона́хиня or мона́шка)

  1. monk
    Synonym: черне́ць (černécʹ)

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