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Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian унукъ (unuk), внукъ (vnuk), from Old East Slavic вънукъ (vŭnukŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vъnùkъ. Cognate with Russian внук (vnuk) and Ukrainian внук (vnuk).
Pronunciation
Noun
уну́к • (unúk) m pers (genitive уну́ка, nominative plural уну́кі, genitive plural уну́каў, feminine уну́чка)
- grandson
- (in the plural) descendants
Usage notes
- The forms уну́к (unúk) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) and ўнук (ŭnuk) (used after vowels) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.
Declension
Declension of уну́к (pr velar masc-form accent-a)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Descendants
References
- “унук”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “унук” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъnukъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǔnuk/
- Hyphenation: у‧нук
Noun
у̀нук m (Latin spelling ùnuk)
- grandson
Declension