junak
See also: junák
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)
- (dialectal) gay blade
- Synonyms: chojrak, chwat, śmiałek, zuch
Declension
Declension of junak
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | junak | junacy |
| genitive | junaka | junaków |
| dative | junakowi | junakom |
| accusative | junaka | junaków |
| instrumental | junakiem | junakami |
| locative | junaku | junakach |
| vocative | junaku | junacy |
Related terms
adjective
- junacki
Further reading
- junak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- junak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
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)
- (archaic) young man
- (by semantic narrowing) soldier, knight, warrior [Attested from 1399 onward.]
- (thence by semantic widening) hero, brave or strong man [Attested from XVI century onward.]
- (archaic) husband
- (archaic) servant
- (literary) brave horse of a hero
Declension
Declension of junak
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | jùnāk | junáci |
| genitive | junáka | junaka |
| dative | junaku | junacima |
| accusative | junaka | junáke |
| vocative | jȕnāče | junáci |
| locative | junaku | junacima |
| instrumental | junakom | junacima |
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:junak.
Derived terms
- superjunak
See also
- junàkinja
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /junàːk/
Noun
junák m anim (female equivalent junákinja)
- hero
- Synonym: heroj
References
- “junak”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran