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Borrowed from Old Norsemunkr(“monk”) (cf. also Swedish, Danishmunk), from Old Englishmunuc. 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.
dzīvot kā mūkam ― to live like a monk (= in isolation)
kristietības pirmie mūki bija ēģiptiešu Antonijs Lielais un Pahomijs Lielais ― the first Christian monks were the Egyptians Anthony the Great and Pachomius the Great
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