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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *junъ (“young”) + *-akъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈju.nak/
- Rhymes: -unak
- Syllabification: ju‧nak
Noun
junak m pers (diminutive junaczek)
- (dialectal) gay blade
- Synonyms: chojrak, chwat, śmiałek, zuch
Declension
Further reading
- junak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- junak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *junakъ. From Proto-Slavic *junъ (“young”) + *-akъ (masculine nominalizing suffix cognate to Serbo-Croatian -ak). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic юнакъ (junakŭ), Czech jonák (Moravian Czech junák), Polish junak, Bulgarian юна́к (junák).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jǔnaːk/
- Hyphenation: ju‧nak
Noun
jùnāk m (Cyrillic spelling ју̀на̄к)
- (archaic) young man
- (by semantic narrowing) soldier, knight, warrior
- (thence by semantic widening) hero, brave or strong man
- (archaic) husband
- (literary) brave horse of a hero
Declension
Quotations
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “junak” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *junakъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
junák m anim (female equivalent junákinja)
- hero
- Synonym: heroj
Further reading
- “junak”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “junak”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references