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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, 1935–1957
- junák in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- junák in Internetová jazyková příručka
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 anim (genitive singular junáka, nominative plural junáci, genitive plural junákov, declension pattern of chlap)
- springald
Declension
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, 2024