junak

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Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *junъ (“young”) +‎ *-akъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈju.nak/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -unak
  • Syllabification: ju‧nak

Noun

junak m pers (diminutive junaczek)

  1. (dialectal) gay blade
    Synonyms: chojrak, chwat, śmiałek, zuch

Declension

Declension of junak
singular plural
nominative junak junacy/junaki (deprecative)
genitive junaka junaków
dative junakowi junakom
accusative junaka junaków
instrumental junakiem junakami
locative junaku junakach
vocative junaku junacy
adjective

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)

  1. (archaic) young man
  2. (by semantic narrowing) soldier, knight, warrior
  3. (thence by semantic widening) hero, brave or strong man
  4. (archaic) husband
  5. (literary) brave horse of a hero

Declension

Declension of junak
singular plural
nominative jùnāk junáci
genitive junáka junákā
dative junáku junácima
accusative junáka junáke
vocative jȕnāče junáci
locative junáku junácima
instrumental junákom junácima

Quotations

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

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

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *junakъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

junák m anim (female equivalent junákinja)

  1. hero
    Synonym: heroj

Further reading

  • “junak”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “junak”, in Termania, Amebis
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