јунак

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Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *junakъ, from *junъ (“young”) +‎ *-akъ (inherited into -ак (-ak)). Compare јунец (junec, “bullock”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic юнакъ (junakŭ), Bulgarian юна́к (junák), Slovak jonák, Polish junak.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
Hyphenation: ју‧нак

Noun

јунак • (junak) m (plural јунаци, feminine јунакиња, relational adjective јуначки, diminutive јуначе, augmentative јуначиште)

brave man
Synonyms: храбрец (hrabrec), херој (heroj)
(literature) hero (the bearer of the action, a character in a literary work)
Synonym: херој (heroj)
(colloquial) young man, young lad
(colloquial) son, grandson
Еве го мојот јунак. ― Eve go mojot junak. ― Here is my son/grandson. (depends on the context)

Declension

Declension of *јунак*
	singular	plural
indefinite	јунак (junak)	јунаци (junaci)
definite unspecified	јунакот (junakot)	јунаците (junacite)
definite proximal	јунаков (junakov)	јунациве (junacive)
definite distal	јунакон (junakon)	јунацине (junacine)
vocative	јунаку (junaku)	јунаци (junaci)
count form	—	јунака (junaka)

References

“јунак” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *junakъ. From Proto-Slavic *junъ (“young”) +‎ *-akъ (masculine nominalizing suffix cognate to Serbo-Croatian -ак). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic юнакъ (junakŭ), Czech jonák (Moravian Czech junák), Polish junak, Bulgarian юна́к (junák), Macedonian јунак (junak).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jǔnaːk/
Hyphenation: ју‧нак

Noun

ју̀на̄к m (Latin spelling jùnāk)

(archaic) young man
(by semantic narrowing) soldier
(thence by semantic widening) hero, brave or strong man
(archaic) husband
(archaic) servant
(literary) brave horse of a hero

Declension

Declension of јунак

	singular	plural
nominative	ју̀на̄к	јуна́ци
genitive	јуна́ка	јунака
dative	јунаку	јунацима
accusative	јунака	јунаке
vocative	ју̏на̄че	јунаци
locative	јунаку	јунацима
instrumental	јунаком	јунацима

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:junak.

Further reading

“јунак”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

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