eunuch
See also: Eunuch
English
Etymology
From Middle English eunuk, from Middle French eunuque, from Latin eunūchus, from Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos), from εὐνή (eunḗ, “bed”) + ἔχω (ékhō, “I have, keep”). Originally probably used to refer to a bed chamber attendant.
Pronunciation
- enPR: yo͞oʹnək, IPA(key): /ˈjuː.nək/
- Hyphenation: eu‧nuch
Noun
eunuch (plural eunuchs)
- A castrated human male.
- 1922, Michael Arlen, “2/1/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
- Semiramis was the first woman to invent eunuchs and women have had sympathy for them ever since; […] and women can tell them what they can't tell other men.
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- Such a man employed as harem guard or in certain (mainly Eastern) monarchies (e.g. late Roman and Chinese Empires) as court or state officials.
- (in translations of ancient texts) A man who is not inclined to marry and procreate.
Derived terms
Translations
castrated human male
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such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
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Czech
Dutch
Alternative forms
- eunuuk m
Pronunciation
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Hungarian
Etymology
From German Eunuch, from Latin eunuchus, from Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos, “castrated man, eunuch, harem guard”), from εὐνή (eunḗ, “bed”) + ἔχω (ékhō, “I have, keep”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛunuxː]
- Hyphenation: eu‧nuch
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | eunuch | eunuchok |
| accusative | eunuchot | eunuchokat |
| dative | eunuchnak | eunuchoknak |
| instrumental | eunuchhal | eunuchokkal |
| causal-final | eunuchért | eunuchokért |
| translative | eunuchhá | eunuchokká |
| terminative | eunuchig | eunuchokig |
| essive-formal | eunuchként | eunuchokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | eunuchban | eunuchokban |
| superessive | eunuchon | eunuchokon |
| adessive | eunuchnál | eunuchoknál |
| illative | eunuchba | eunuchokba |
| sublative | eunuchra | eunuchokra |
| allative | eunuchhoz | eunuchokhoz |
| elative | eunuchból | eunuchokból |
| delative | eunuchról | eunuchokról |
| ablative | eunuchtól | eunuchoktól |
| Possessive forms of eunuch | ||
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| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | eunuchom | eunuchjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | eunuchod | eunuchjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | eunuchja | eunuchjai |
| 1st person plural | eunuchunk | eunuchjaink |
| 2nd person plural | eunuchotok | eunuchjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | eunuchjuk | eunuchjaik |
References
- Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. ISBN 963 7094 20 2
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