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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *junakъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
junák m anim (female equivalent junačka)
- young man
- Synonyms: jinoch, mladík
- hero
- Synonyms: hrdina, bohatýr
- member of Junák organization
Declension
Declension of junák (velar masculine animate)
Further reading
- “junák”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “junák”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “junák”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
- “junák” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2024, slovnikcestiny.cz
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *junakъ, from *junъ (“young”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en-) + *-akъ (masculine nominalizing suffix cognate to Slovak "-ák"). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic юнакъ (junakŭ), Czech jonák (Moravian Czech junák), Polish junak, Bulgarian юна́к (junák).
Pronunciation
Noun
junák m pers (related adjective junácky, diminutive junáčik, augmentative junáčisko)
- springald
Declension
Declension of
junák (pattern
chlap)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “junák”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024