мънихъ

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Old Church Slavonic

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Etymology

Borrowed from Moravian (compare Old Czech mnich), from Old High German munih, from Proto-West Germanic *munik, from Late Latin monicus, from Latin monachus, from Ancient Greek μονᾰχός (monakhós, solitary, single).

Compare Old Czech mnich, Old Polish mnich, archaic Bulgarian мних (mnih), archaic Serbo-Croatian мни̏хmnȉh, Slovene meníh, archaic mníh, Upper Sorbian mnich, Lower Sorbian mnich.

Noun

мънихъ (mŭnixŭm

  1. (hapax) monk
    Synonyms: чръньць (črŭnĭcĭ), чрьноризьцъ (črĭnorizĭcŭ), (figuratively) братръ (bratrŭ)
    • 11th century, Euchologium Sinaiticum (in Glagolitic), 57b13:
      мол‹итва› над‹ъ› оумеръшиим‹ъ› • свѧщ‹е›никомь • ли мⸯнихомъ
      mol‹itva› nad‹ŭ› umerŭšiim‹ŭ› • svęšt‹e›nikomĭ • li mⸯnixomŭ
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Descendants

  • Old East Slavic: мнихъ (mnixŭ)

References

  • мънихъ”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2024
  • Erhart, Adolf, editor (1999), “mъnixъ”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského [Etymological Dictionary of the Old Church Slavonic Language] (in Czech), numbers 9 (mrъkati – obrěsti), Prague: Academia, →ISBN, page 512