mūks

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Latvian

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Mūks

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse munkr (monk) (cf. also Swedish, Danish munk), from Old English munuc. This word must have been borrowed during the time of the un > ū change (9th-12th century); its first mention (already in its modern form), however, is found in 17th-century dictionaries.[1]

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Noun

mūks m (1st declension, feminine form: mūķene)

  1. monk (male member of a monastic or religious order, usually lives in a monastery)
    mūku iesvētīšanathe ordaining of monks
    mūks vientuļniekshermit monk
    dzīvot kā mūkamto live like a monk (= in isolation)
    kristietības pirmie mūki bija ēģiptiešu Antonijs Lielais un Pahomijs Lielaisthe first Christian monks were the Egyptians Anthony the Great and Pachomius the Great

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References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “mūks”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN