μοναχός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μόνος (mónos, “alone”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mo.na.kʰós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mo.naˈkʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mo.naˈxos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mo.naˈxos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mo.naˈxos/

Adjective

μονᾰχός • (monakhós) m (feminine μονᾰχή, neuter μονᾰχόν); first/second declension

solitary, single

Declension

First and second declension of μονᾰχός; μονᾰχή; μονᾰχόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	μονᾰχός monakhós	μονᾰχή monakhḗ	μονᾰχόν monakhón	μονᾰχώ monakhṓ	μονᾰχᾱ́ monakhā́	μονᾰχώ monakhṓ	μονᾰχοί monakhoí	μονᾰχαί monakhaí	μονᾰχᾰ́ monakhá
Genitive	μονᾰχοῦ monakhoû	μονᾰχῆς monakhês	μονᾰχοῦ monakhoû	μονᾰχοῖν monakhoîn	μονᾰχαῖν monakhaîn	μονᾰχοῖν monakhoîn	μονᾰχῶν monakhôn	μονᾰχῶν monakhôn	μονᾰχῶν monakhôn
Dative	μονᾰχῷ monakhôi	μονᾰχῇ monakhêi	μονᾰχῷ monakhôi	μονᾰχοῖν monakhoîn	μονᾰχαῖν monakhaîn	μονᾰχοῖν monakhoîn	μονᾰχοῖς monakhoîs	μονᾰχαῖς monakhaîs	μονᾰχοῖς monakhoîs
Accusative	μονᾰχόν monakhón	μονᾰχήν monakhḗn	μονᾰχόν monakhón	μονᾰχώ monakhṓ	μονᾰχᾱ́ monakhā́	μονᾰχώ monakhṓ	μονᾰχούς monakhoús	μονᾰχᾱ́ς monakhā́s	μονᾰχᾰ́ monakhá
Vocative	μονᾰχέ monakhé	μονᾰχή monakhḗ	μονᾰχόν monakhón	μονᾰχώ monakhṓ	μονᾰχᾱ́ monakhā́	μονᾰχώ monakhṓ	μονᾰχοί monakhoí	μονᾰχαί monakhaí	μονᾰχᾰ́ monakhá
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	μονᾰχῶς monakhôs			μονᾰχώτερος monakhṓteros			μονᾰχώτᾰτος monakhṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

μονᾰχός • (monakhós) m (genitive μονᾰχοῦ); second declension

monk, monastic

Declension

Second declension of ὁ μονᾰχός; τοῦ μονᾰχοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μονᾰχός ho monakhós	τὼ μονᾰχώ tṑ monakhṓ	οἱ μονᾰχοί hoi monakhoí
Genitive	τοῦ μονᾰχοῦ toû monakhoû	τοῖν μονᾰχοῖν toîn monakhoîn	τῶν μονᾰχῶν tôn monakhôn
Dative	τῷ μονᾰχῷ tôi monakhôi	τοῖν μονᾰχοῖν toîn monakhoîn	τοῖς μονᾰχοῖς toîs monakhoîs
Accusative	τὸν μονᾰχόν tòn monakhón	τὼ μονᾰχώ tṑ monakhṓ	τοὺς μονᾰχούς toùs monakhoús
Vocative	μονᾰχέ monakhé	μονᾰχώ monakhṓ	μονᾰχοί monakhoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: μοναχός (monachós)

Borrowings

→ Coptic: ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ (monakhos)
→ Latin: monachus (see there for further descendants)
→ Old Church Slavonic: монахъ (monaxŭ)
- → Belarusian: манах (manax)
- → Bulgarian: монах (monah)
- → Macedonian: монах (monah)
- → Romanian: monah
- → Russian: монах (monax), мона́хъ (monáx) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
  - → Ingrian: manahka
  - → Komi-Zyrian: манак (manak)
  - → Skolt Sami: manah
- → Serbo-Croatian: monah / монах
- → Ukrainian: монах (monax)

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mo.naˈxos/

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Noun

μοναχός • (monachós) m (plural μοναχοί, feminine μοναχή)

(religion) monk, friar

Declension

Declension of μοναχός

	singular	plural
nominative	μοναχός •	μοναχοί •
genitive	μοναχού •	μοναχών •
accusative	μοναχό •	μοναχούς •
vocative	μοναχέ •	μοναχοί •

Synonyms

καλόγερος m (kalógeros)

Adjective

(alternative form: μονάχος (monáchos))

μοναχός • (monachós) m (feminine μοναχή, neuter μοναχό)

solitary, alone
without companions

Declension

Declension of μοναχός

number case \ gender	singular			plural
number case \ gender	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	μοναχός •	μοναχή •	μοναχό •	μοναχοί •	μοναχές •	μοναχά •
genitive	μοναχού •	μοναχής •	μοναχού •	μοναχών •	μοναχών •	μοναχών •
accusative	μοναχό •	μοναχή •	μοναχό •	μοναχούς •	μοναχές •	μοναχά •
vocative	μοναχέ •	μοναχή •	μοναχό •	μοναχοί •	μοναχές •	μοναχά •

Related terms

μονός (monós, “single, odd”, adjective)
μόνος (mónos, “solitary, alone”, adjective)

μοναχός

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